i was at work the other day, and i looked into the furnace after we threw in some gooey steel, and it was burning green. not the entire flame, but the bottom half and the middle was green fire. the rest was normal. does anyone know what chenical this could be? thanx for any help.

swim members burning copper off n it had green flame? but swims no chemy so just a guess!

ill go with the carbon igniting at high temps and burning off

Barium compounds will burn yellow-green, and copper salts will burn blue-green.

i know i know

green wood

*was gonna guess...sutt's underwear*

Damnit Lways, now you've gone too far!*Kman beats Lways about the head with a football bat* Yeehaw!

A green lighter.

Or maybe green petrol!

Also green LPG!

Green boolshit!

padlock puppy

what do you do for a job

^^^ What's with all of these bullshit posts? Cut that shit out. What the hell is wrong with you?

Although barium salts do burn a greenish color, I doubt that would be it. It was probably copper salts, or it could also have boron in it. Boric Acid mixtures are typically used to make green fire for special effects.

jebuonag,

go fuck yourself

Are you sure it was pure steel?

It might have been exposed to contamination where copper was molted in to the mixture. If this hapens then the copper would only come out if the steel was melted again. Mixing molten copper with air creates copper oxide wich burns with a green flame.

My bet is copper.