Blood is not flammable and won’t catch on fire. Blood is made up mainly of plasma (55%), which is mostly water (92%) and therefore will ignite or sustain a fire. Water is used to put our fires, not start them, and so blood will not readily catch fire. We will take a look at what is blood is made of, why it doesn’t burn, as well as the theory behind spontaneous human combustion.
Answer (1 of 3): I’ve never heard this idea, but it doesn’t make a lot of sense. First of all, consider the quantities of blood that would be required! And it’s not like they could have had blood hoses connected to a blood tank. Prior to the development of …
Can blood extinguish ("put out") a fire? : NoStupidQuestions
Can blood extinguish ("put out") a fire? 3 comments. share. save. hide. report. 77% Upvoted. This thread is archived. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Sort by: best. level 1 · 4 yr. ago. Boosh (and/or Kakow) Human blood is over 90% water by volume, so if you used it as a replacement for water it would be similarly …
That said, blood is mainly water and under normal conditions it will not "burn"… especially free burn with flames, etc. In fact, blood has been used to extinguish fires. One of the original foams for fighting liquid fires used in the military and eventually …
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Can blood catch fire?
Blood is made up mainly of plasma (55%), which is mostly water (92%) and therefore will ignite or sustain a fire. Water is used to put our fires, not start them, and so blood will not readily catch fire. We will take a look at what is blood is made of, why it doesn’t burn, as well as the theory behind spontaneous human combustion.
Can you burn blood?
With enough temperature, even carbon will burn. (Charcoal/diamonds). All things eventually heat to a point they chemically breakdown and/or vaporize and eventually ignite. That said, blood is mainly water and under normal conditions it will not "burn"… especially free burn with flames, etc. In fact, blood has been used to extinguish fires.
Is blood flammable?
Human bodies can definitely burn, but blood is not flammable and can even put out a fire, in theory, due to it’s high water content. Is Soap Flammable?
Why can’t you put out a fire with water?
Incidentally, metal fires (yes, metals can burn) are very, very tough to put out because they burn at very, very high temperatures. Trying to put them out with water will have explosive results as the water instantly turns to steam. Seriously bad idea.
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