if you put enough force of fire its bound to break through something fire proof right?
Fifteen answers:
Lydia F
2006-06-30 12:11:22 UTC
water
Justin
2006-06-30 19:59:11 UTC
Fire is simply a reaction at a molecular level, with the substance being 'burned' and oxygen. Everything reactions to heat in some way, but it doesn't mean you will necessarily have to get what you would consider 'fire'.
There are things, such as water, that will not catch fire when exposed to a flame, but the water itself will still react to the heat and evaporate. The water molecules will expand, which turns the water into water vapor.
David J
2006-06-30 19:41:13 UTC
Fireproof means it won't catch on fire, not that it won't melt/burst/etc. To burn, it has to combine chemically with oxygen. There are a lot of things that don't burn. All noble gases, for instance, never burn. For something to break, it just needs enough energy to overcome the electrical charge holding the atoms together. So the answer to your question is YES. With ehough force, you can break though anything.
Paul
2006-06-30 21:47:31 UTC
Pure Graphite is the only thing I can think of that's truly immune to fire (short of nuclear level heat anyway) This is because it is already in the lowest energy state possible, there is simply nothing more that could be done to it since its basically soot anyway.
anonymous
2006-06-30 19:11:37 UTC
there are various levels of fire-proofness (can withstand ### degrees for ## minutes)
I.e. while you can burn a hole through concrete with a jet engine, a house fire never reaches the temperature of a jet stream, so conrete is fireproof in building contruction.
the_way_of_the_turtle
2006-06-30 19:25:37 UTC
Anything is combustible as long as oxygen is present and enough energy (in the form of heat, electricity, etc.) is applied to the substance.
hot hunk69
2006-06-30 19:11:51 UTC
the only thing that is fire proof is water
The Frontrunner
2006-06-30 20:12:29 UTC
anything in a container w/o oxygen is fireproof. fireproof only means that it can't burn and since fire is only energy, it really can't "break through" anything.
luvtabbies
2006-06-30 19:13:16 UTC
I believe ice, snow, dry ice, granite and other forms of rock, sand in all it's forms and water are all fireproof.
Newtibourne
2006-06-30 19:28:22 UTC
fire is fireproof. you cant burn fire, if you think about it, its true... even though thats probably not the answer you were looking for
jimragan
2006-06-30 19:11:45 UTC
Put enough heat to it and everything burns.
anonymous
2006-06-30 19:19:34 UTC
the sun
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2006-06-30 19:33:13 UTC
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ijcoffin
2006-06-30 19:14:29 UTC
No oxygen, no fire, period.
anonymous
2006-06-30 19:31:15 UTC
duh like the sun, water, and maybe some metal.
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