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Interesting idea. “Smoke taint” is a very negative characteristic of wine, so many sommeliers will react negatively towards the idea of any flames near wine. B
by guidedlight 6y ago
Interesting idea. “Smoke taint” is a very negative characteristic of wine, so many sommeliers will react negatively towards the idea of any flames near wine.
But if the combustion particles can be controlled, there’s no reason this wouldn’t work.
Sounds like an innovative idea!
- amelius 6y agoPerhaps use hydrogen gas as the fuel, and the only thing you'll get from the reaction is a little bit of H2O, no fumes. And you can generate the hydrogen by electrolysis in an external device powered by a battery.
- mr_toad 6y agoI can imagine exploding bottles and some ‘memorable’ dinner parties.
- BurningFrog 6y agoThere has to be some flame-lessly oxidizing material that could be used?
- Guest19023892 6y agoWhat about hand warmers? If you had one hanging inside a bottle would it use up all the oxygen? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_warmer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_warmer > Air-activated hand warmers contain cellulose, iron, activated carbon, vermiculite (which holds water) and salt and produce heat from the exothermic oxidation of iron when exposed to air. They typically emit heat for 1 to 10 hours, it usually takes 15-30 minutes to start to heat up, although the heat given off rapidly diminishes after 1–2 hours.[5][6] The oxygen molecules in the air react with iron, forming rust. Salt is often added to catalyze the process.
- amelius 6y agoGood idea, but they are quite expensive.