Hot or burning Magnesium can react violently with water. https://chem.libretexts.org/Ancillary_Materials/Demos_Techniques_and_Experiments/Lecture_Demonstrations/Burning_Magnesium
Mg(s)+2H2O→Mg(OH)2(s)+H2(g) Hydrogen gas is not something you want to add to a raging car fire. On Sun, May 14, 2023, at 22:22, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Sun, 14 May 2023 16:39:03 -0500 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I will say the magnesium valve covers on that M113 apparently caused >> the firemen some concern when they it it with water. > > Magnesium valve covers?! > > What happened when they hit it with water? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
