Pretty much the title. Chemically speaking what’s going on when this happens?
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Water goes into hot oil->Oil has a boiling temperature of 200 degrees celsius, so it’s way hotter than water->Water drops become steam almost (but not quite) instantly->Steam takes up way more room than liquid water->This expansion sends oil flying into the air.
At this point you either have “very hot oil flying all over the place” (which is bad and will probably burn someone) OR (if the oil is hot enough or if there are exposed sources of flame) “Drops of hot oil flying. And being surrounded by a lot of oxygen it reaches the perfect mixture of Hot+Fuel+Oxygen and ignites”
P.S: Here is a blast of the past, the [William Shatner+Melodysheep – Eat, Fry Love](https://youtu.be/Z4Qxqmhqj1A?si=cz71qOEOSV1hq_HV)
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