What happens when skin is exposed to molten metal?

A young man who wanted to find the answer to the problem of "how molten aluminum is dangerous to humans" should have done the experiment himself.

It would be very painful

The video author decides to find out: If suddenly the molten aluminum falls into the flesh, how severe the burn will be. In preparation for the experiment, he collected all the necessary equipment, including a special thermal camera.

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Pour molten aluminum onto meat.

He chose a test piece of meat and proceeded to pour the liquid metal, then dipped the piece in the frying pan filled with liquid aluminum to fry instead of using cooking oil in the usual way. The experiment was conducted in the garden and indoors, but because of its dangerous nature, we recommend readers not to follow it on their own.


This is when skin is exposed to molten metal.

Experimental results

Not surprisingly: the meat of course is burned, but only the top layer is affected (less than 1 mm) , the inside is still very red. If this is human skin, it would be quite painful. The remaining product after the experiment is also not wasted: the dog must be quick to handle notes, not only not discovering the unusual but also very pleased with the strange steak made of liquid aluminum .