wish we knew the recipe for this (greek fire)
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Styrofoam dissolved in gasoline
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kinda hard to think that it would keep burning in water
Anything that burns without oxygen can burn in water, this is why EVs can crash into the ocean and the batteries will burn for weeks.
Some chemicals also float up to the top of the water, were it can burn thanks to easy access to oxygen.
Some chemicals also float up to the top of the water, were it can burn thanks to easy access to oxygen.
I did some quick reading, looks like it's just burning oil in a large tea kettle shaped pot. They'd point the pipe end at pagans and add water to the pot causing a directed steam powered oil fire shot. It's interesting that this never developed into a kinetic weapon.
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[The invention of liquid fire is attributed to a Christian, Callinicus, who fled to Constantinople from Muslim Syria in AD 668. Flammable materials had been used in warfare by both the Greeks and Romans but nothing had ever been invented. which was as deadly as liquid fire.
The exact ingredients of the liquid were a closely guarded secret and its composition has long been lost, but crude oil or naphtha is a known and main ingredient, probably sourced from the Crimea region. Other materials were calcium oxide, sulfur, resin, and potassium nitrate. Some scholars argue that gunpowder was also included in the mixture.
The process of making the liquid was very dangerous, given its explosiveness. Also the distillation of oil required complex technology for that period. Known only to a select few, the composition of liquid fire was a well-kept state secret that emperors passed down to their successors.
Thanks to these precautions the secret recommendation remained known only to the Byzantines for more than seven centuries.]