Why is it that if we wet our fingers before putting out a candle, we don’t get burned, but if we grab a hot pan out of the oven with a wet oven mitt, we get burned?

Question

Why is it that if we wet our fingers before putting out a candle, we don’t get burned, but if we grab a hot pan out of the oven with a wet oven mitt, we get burned?

In: Physics

Answer 1

Fire needs oxygen, hot metal doesn’t. Fire don’t burn long if you pinch it fast enough. And by not for long I mean you’ll hear a *tsss* sound.

You’ll get the same sound with a pan, but thats you’re skin frying not the water sizzling.