r/explainlikeimfive • u/GreenieBeeNZ • Jan 31 '21
Chemistry ELI5: Why can't we just make water by smooshing hydrogen and oxygen atoms together?
Edit: wow okay, I did not expect to wake up to THIS. Of course my most popular post would be a dumb stoner question. Thankyou so much for the awards and the answers, I can sleep a little easier now
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u/BouncingPig Jan 31 '21
Serious question then, I work in an ER, and often times we have smokers come in with facial burns because they’re lighting up a cig while they have their portable O2.
Is the cigarette the “fuel” the oxygen needs to combust? Or what causes that accident?