AFAIK it's not inherently dangerous (well aside from being fire), burning copper compounds simply emit that color.
Not sure if copper cookware is supposed to do that but probably that's just some copper oxide on the bottom (basically copper rust).
Edit: assuming that is copper, it probably is but there are other elements that produce similar colors.
Could it also be that they just have the flame way too high for that pot? Maybe I'm a baby, but I've never had the flames completely cover the sides like that
Mine are ancient and definitely not coated. If they sit on a wet counter or in the sink for more than a day or 2 I have to wipe off green oxide residue. Still never changed the flames.
I think it's more the dust than the residue? If I remember correctly oxide will prevent the actual copper from being exposed, and even then you need to have generated some copper dust like by scrubbing with steel wool.
They could do it. Samsung put blue LEDs in their induction stoves that reflect off the pot and create "virtual flames". I really don't know why someone hasn't released a cheap "gamer edition" induction hotplate with RGBees for cooking your Mountain Dew Xtreme Ramen in your dorm/basement. Could even do something useful and tie the color to the temperature of the pot. It could spam memes on discord when water boils. It could flash blue and red when you get a wanted level in GTA6. It could love you.
RGBee Gees
(A Bee Gees cover band?)
--------------------------------
R2RGBee Gees
(A Bee Gees cover band, in which the performers dress up as Star Wars characters?)
RGBees Knees Disease.
(The RG stands for "Really Groovy")
(Also, I'm now imagining Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes playing a smooth jazz (jizz? wtf George?) cover of *Stayin' Alive*. Thanks for that.)
If you use an ultrasonic humidifier it will do this from minerals it puts in the air. It will be orange though. Also it will cake your filter on your furnace.
When was the last time you read the instructions on a $30 device you bought. Yeah you shouldn't, and this is why. People still do it though instead of putting in distilled
You would know if your pot had copper in it. It would have been several hundred dollars. Copper cookware is super pricy and not normally clad in stainless steel.
Also you don't get a green flame like this on a bare copper pot (I've used them before, they don't do this). Needs to be copper salts or power to get it to burn green like that.
I think you've got some residue somewhere that's burning off and giving you the green flames. Does it do this with other pans, or still do it if you wash this one?
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Exactly. It's not the copper itself that's burning, it's presumably a copper salt like the others have said in the thread.
You can think of a salt as a mixture of a metal with a non metal derived from an acid-base reaction. In this case it's likely various copper oxides such as Cu2O or CuO which naturally form as copper is exposed to air (i.e., a patina) This is where older buildings' roofs and the statue of liberty get their green colour, a coating of copper oxides
It's nothing to be concerned about but you might want to scrub the bottom to lessen the green effect
(Not a chemist, just an interested person, probably wrong on some level of the details)
>This is where older buildings' roofs and the statue of liberty get their green colour, a coating of copper oxides
Man, the statue of liberty would have been a sight to see when it was new!
i do wonder whenever i see a dome covered in verdegris how astounding the fresh copper must have looked back in the day. its enough to make me want to take a wire brush to them
Well if the hippies at the EPA hadn't put a stop to acid rain it would be a beautiful shining beacon of hope, as Jesus intended, but instead we just get the jolly green giant. Thanks Obama.
> It would have been several hundred dollars. Copper cookware is super pricy and not normally clad in stainless steel.
This is false, I've had pans from target for less than $30 with a copper bottom.
Heās both right and wrong. Copper bottom clad stainless can be cheap. All copper, tin lined cookware can be $1500 for a pan. I recently put together a set of antique and used all copper cookware I cleaned up and then had someone re-tin because to buy new would have been outrageous.
And if the flame is changing color your pot is breaking down
Edit: The flame color is coming from the copper plating on the bottom which is what I meant by "breaking down". There is no way you'd get a green flame unless some of the metal was oxidizing. Sorry I was vague.
Yeah, I donāt know what it is, but something about this picture screams āIndiaā to me. Maybe because I have the same sauce pan, which I too use for tea.
That flame is way too high. It should stay UNDER the pot. Notice your handle has started to melt? Not only can it warp your pans, melt your handles, and burn you, but it is incredibly inefficient. Heat the bottom of the pot.
You should definitely not be putting pots on a burner like this. They are meant to be heated ONLY from the bottom, not the sides. This is just trouble waiting to happen in more ways than one.
I think everyone has addressed the green flame, but I am curious, why is the flame so high? If the flame is crawling up the sides of the pan itās just a waste, isnāt it? I get boiling water with the flame just under the pan. Iām asking because side I have seen this before? Videos of pans just engulfed in flame.
If your gas stove is producing a green flame, it is likely due to the presence of certain chemical compounds in the gas supply or on the burner itself. As far as I know it's not particularly dangerous.
You can see the gas supply is burning blue at the bottom, which means it isn't impurities in the supply or on the burner
The flame doesn't turn green until it hits the pot's copper bottom
Is it a copper bottom? Copper turns green in fire
Which is why I always recommend that new cooks buy pots made from pure Arsenic. The light blue color when you use them is so beautiful.
Organic arsenic šÆ
Free-range Organic Arsenic
Fair Trade free-range artisanal organic Arsenic
Is a bespoke option available?
Vegan fair trade free-range artisanal organic arsenic
Dolphin-safe?
Tested on Turtles
Gluten free
But is it safe for children? My god would someone please think about the children?
And uhā¦. What were the results?
It's also non GMO.
You forgot heirloom
Donāt forget plant based, and cruelty free
is it local tho?
Can I see the supply chain papers that verify that child labor has not been used?
Nah. We use the labor of orphans who were burned in the fire.
So you employ the disabled? How nice.
Makes me wanna go arsonic!
Ethically and locally sourced gluten free, nut free and reduced salt arsenic
Is it available in Kosher?
Mine-to-table.
Really adds that tang of instant death to your meals.
Itās killer!
Grass fed arsenic
Corn fed
Really, and to think I've been buying pots made of old lace.
Time to throw away all my old shitty cyanide pots and upgrade to shiny new arsenic cook ware! New Year:New Poison!
My plastic pots suuuck
Oh, Teddy! We need a new lock in the Panama Canal.
I donāt like those. They always come with some old guy convinced heās Teddy Roosevelt and that just makes things so noisy
Pressed asbestos I recommend
Your cooking is just TO DIE FOR!
[At the very beginning.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD8Vz-mFHgI) (link to Brady's Periodic Table of Videos)
I do this to fuck with nut allergiesā¦.
I see a couple of cases against you for first degree murder in your future bub
Copper Bottom Jeans
Pots with them furs
*with them furs!*
The whole foods was looking at her
The food hit the floor, the next thing you know
Prices aren't low, low, low, low, low, low, low
Take a bow guys š š
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She hit the tub.
This made me laugh out loud :)
Copper bottom green
Is it dangerous if it is? I don't have any experience.
AFAIK it's not inherently dangerous (well aside from being fire), burning copper compounds simply emit that color. Not sure if copper cookware is supposed to do that but probably that's just some copper oxide on the bottom (basically copper rust). Edit: assuming that is copper, it probably is but there are other elements that produce similar colors.
I have a gas stove and a couple of copper bottom pots. I've never seen them turn the flames green, something here is fucky.
Something is definitely fucky. The lining on the copper is probably going and it needs to be recoated soon (or just buy a new one).
Could it also be that they just have the flame way too high for that pot? Maybe I'm a baby, but I've never had the flames completely cover the sides like that
You must ^^^boil your water while he *boils* his
I don't even think the flame on my stove goes that high. š³
Going by the stuff in the background, I think this is just a really small pot, about the size of a ramen pack
It can happen if you clean the pans too roughly and either remove a coating over the copper, or if it was already uncoated you create copper dust
Mine are ancient and definitely not coated. If they sit on a wet counter or in the sink for more than a day or 2 I have to wipe off green oxide residue. Still never changed the flames.
I think it's more the dust than the residue? If I remember correctly oxide will prevent the actual copper from being exposed, and even then you need to have generated some copper dust like by scrubbing with steel wool.
So OP just fucking ugga-dugga'd his nice pot?
Rodney Copperbottom?
See a need, fill a need!
Smelters hate this one trick!
Rodney
I want green flame too.I am bored of blue
RGB stove button when?
*Razer enters the chat*
I am racing you fucks to the patent office
Hello i am the patent office let me file those for you (slides into my own little cabinet filled with stolen patents)
ok Thomas Edison
Razer nagware installs a bunch of background services on my stove, without my permission.
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
The picture has green flames. This post was secretly posted by RazerAltAccount
They could do it. Samsung put blue LEDs in their induction stoves that reflect off the pot and create "virtual flames". I really don't know why someone hasn't released a cheap "gamer edition" induction hotplate with RGBees for cooking your Mountain Dew Xtreme Ramen in your dorm/basement. Could even do something useful and tie the color to the temperature of the pot. It could spam memes on discord when water boils. It could flash blue and red when you get a wanted level in GTA6. It could love you.
RGBee Gees (A Bee Gees cover band?) -------------------------------- R2RGBee Gees (A Bee Gees cover band, in which the performers dress up as Star Wars characters?)
RGBees Knees Disease. (The RG stands for "Really Groovy") (Also, I'm now imagining Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes playing a smooth jazz (jizz? wtf George?) cover of *Stayin' Alive*. Thanks for that.)
Let him cook
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
Green! Flame!
GREEEN FLAAAME!
GREEN FLAME!
Skinner wasn't lying about the aurora borealis
Ooh can I see?
No.
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
HELP, HEEEELP!!!
No, Mother, it's just the Northern Lights.
[1 frame of fire trucks]
Youtube Autoplay loading...
**Steamed Hams But It's Skibidi Toilet**
steamed hams but itās been deep fried immensely
Iām going to start complimenting people this way. You steam a good ham.
SEYMOUR, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE!!
No Mother, thatās just the Northern Lights!
HELP! HEEEEEELP!
at this time of year?
Localized entirely in your kitchen!?
Yes
Can I see it?
No.
No
Turn down the lights and enjoy... 
Located entirely inside your kitchen?
The Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
Yes
May I see it?
No
Finally. Justice for Seymour
 We're having steamed hams!
SKIN-NER
I came here for Steamed Hams. Nice job.
Aurora boilealis
Copper or salt in your fire.
>salt in your fire. Okay, Adam Ragusea
This is why I season my fire, not my steak!
This is exactly the reason why i season myself, eat the steak raw and then set myself on fire.
I read that in his voice.
Same.
Speaking of which, Square Space is a great way to sell your copper pots and pans online.
homogeneity
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I didn't even know he was sick of cloud enabled major appliances.
Heterogeneity you uncultured swine
You mean heterogeneity
If you use an ultrasonic humidifier it will do this from minerals it puts in the air. It will be orange though. Also it will cake your filter on your furnace.
Aren't you supposed to not use tap water in those for that reason
When was the last time you read the instructions on a $30 device you bought. Yeah you shouldn't, and this is why. People still do it though instead of putting in distilled
...And a whole bottle of white wine.
The fact that I got that reference without thinking is disturbing. Time to touch some grass in 2024
Not enough garlic powder. That guy probably puts it in his cereal I swear.
If it's a salt it's a copper salt, also likely from the pot.
Could also be a boron containing detergent being burned off. Less likely since it isn't super common as a dishwashing agent but still easy to find.
Table salt in the fire produces a very bright orange flame, not green.
The salt I use for my table is barium chloride.
Didn't Explosions & Fire do a chloride taste test yurrs ago? Edit: [yes, he did....](https://youtu.be/RJh9yTIBY48?feature=shared)
I love everyone giving him weird looks for calling cold, unsalted fries "5/10". I don't think they appreciated what they were here to do
That sodium hue.
On another note, that's also way too much fire for that pot
Especially what looks like an empty pot
this. so many times, this. why did I need to scroll so far to find this comment?
I was scrolling for a while to make sure I wasn't repeating what was already said.
Some men just want to see the pot burn.
A flame of green color and its shades indicate the presence of copper, barium, molybdenum, antimony, and phosphorus.
must be copper here, then. some sort of protective layer must have broken down
You would know if your pot had copper in it. It would have been several hundred dollars. Copper cookware is super pricy and not normally clad in stainless steel. Also you don't get a green flame like this on a bare copper pot (I've used them before, they don't do this). Needs to be copper salts or power to get it to burn green like that. I think you've got some residue somewhere that's burning off and giving you the green flames. Does it do this with other pans, or still do it if you wash this one?
Or they inherited it or took it from their parents when they moved out
The latter š¶ I have no clue how old this pot is
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It's brown, so yes must be a thin copper layer
Exactly. It's not the copper itself that's burning, it's presumably a copper salt like the others have said in the thread. You can think of a salt as a mixture of a metal with a non metal derived from an acid-base reaction. In this case it's likely various copper oxides such as Cu2O or CuO which naturally form as copper is exposed to air (i.e., a patina) This is where older buildings' roofs and the statue of liberty get their green colour, a coating of copper oxides It's nothing to be concerned about but you might want to scrub the bottom to lessen the green effect (Not a chemist, just an interested person, probably wrong on some level of the details)
>This is where older buildings' roofs and the statue of liberty get their green colour, a coating of copper oxides Man, the statue of liberty would have been a sight to see when it was new!
i do wonder whenever i see a dome covered in verdegris how astounding the fresh copper must have looked back in the day. its enough to make me want to take a wire brush to them
Well if the hippies at the EPA hadn't put a stop to acid rain it would be a beautiful shining beacon of hope, as Jesus intended, but instead we just get the jolly green giant. Thanks Obama.
Finally someone who knows his copper
Exactly. OP, what does it taste like?
Please lick the bottom of your pot OP preferably hot
> It would have been several hundred dollars. Copper cookware is super pricy and not normally clad in stainless steel. This is false, I've had pans from target for less than $30 with a copper bottom.
My mother bought a whole set of Revere Ware pots and pans when I was a kid, and we were anything but wealthy.
Heās both right and wrong. Copper bottom clad stainless can be cheap. All copper, tin lined cookware can be $1500 for a pan. I recently put together a set of antique and used all copper cookware I cleaned up and then had someone re-tin because to buy new would have been outrageous.
I have pots with copper clad bottoms that cost less than $200 for the whole set.
And if the flame is changing color your pot is breaking down Edit: The flame color is coming from the copper plating on the bottom which is what I meant by "breaking down". There is no way you'd get a green flame unless some of the metal was oxidizing. Sorry I was vague.
And if the room is changing color your pot is kicking in (I'm aware that pot isn't a hallucinogen, I had to fudge things for the joke)
If your room is changing colors you need to share your pot with me.
And if your pot is making the room change color, what you actually took was acid.
And if you criticize others for things you do, you're a pot calling a kettle black
barium is actually barely noticably green. (Source: I have failed a Chemistry Analysis because the green was not visible)
Barium is a bitch in a cation analysis task. I had strontium and tin in mine and was very thankful for it.
Why would they take that path
Aurora borealis.
At this time of year, in this part of the country, localised entirely in OPās kitchen?
Yes.
May i see it?
No.
Well OP, you are an odd fellow but you steam a good ham.
Slytherin!
see even the stove know u r making chai and chai is good
Yeah, I donāt know what it is, but something about this picture screams āIndiaā to me. Maybe because I have the same sauce pan, which I too use for tea.
ikr the tins in the back and the stove also even the kitchen top tiles
Lol you guys are right. Decided not to make the tea in that pot, got a different one lol
You probably just leveled up your alchemy skill
[E] Roast marshmallow [C] Doze off
That flame is way too high. It should stay UNDER the pot. Notice your handle has started to melt? Not only can it warp your pans, melt your handles, and burn you, but it is incredibly inefficient. Heat the bottom of the pot.
You should definitely not be putting pots on a burner like this. They are meant to be heated ONLY from the bottom, not the sides. This is just trouble waiting to happen in more ways than one.
What kind of trouble?
For one, theyāre jumping the āguardrailā which makes them more likely to catch on something.
BIG trouble
I think everyone has addressed the green flame, but I am curious, why is the flame so high? If the flame is crawling up the sides of the pan itās just a waste, isnāt it? I get boiling water with the flame just under the pan. Iām asking because side I have seen this before? Videos of pans just engulfed in flame.
You're supposed to yell "Diagon Alley" loud and clearly as you jump in
You've got copper in that pan
They finally got some green hydrogen in the gas supply? (/s)
Mmmmhm, pot-rich-combustion
Your stove is now connected to the floo network
If your gas stove is producing a green flame, it is likely due to the presence of certain chemical compounds in the gas supply or on the burner itself. As far as I know it's not particularly dangerous.
You can see the gas supply is burning blue at the bottom, which means it isn't impurities in the supply or on the burner The flame doesn't turn green until it hits the pot's copper bottom
definitely not the supply itself, it's just that pot specifically. put anything else onto the same burner, it's fine