@freemo There are not many that you could get to that temp without melting, including steel. It's when we use steam it happens most.
@SteelFolk True, at that temperature the steel would be molten. But what i said would still be true other than the fact that the steel would be molten.
@freemo Yes, it is curious how steam seems to work better than water. I suspect it's more about heat transfer than anything else.
@SteelFolk Works better in what sense?
@freemo Makes flames with free gases. Water's funny stuff though, might be about the phase change allowing easier dissociation.
@SteelFolk The specific color would depend on the metal to some degree, but yea it would look yellowish-red for sure for steel at least.