Answer to Question #28046 in Physical Chemistry for Brian Schippers

Question #28046
Why does hot iron melt when it is plunged into a vessel containing liquid oxygen? I understand that the iron will rapidly oxidize and oxidization is an exothermic reaction and creates heat but does it create enough heat to offset the cold from the cryogenic oxygen and cause the iron to melt or is there something else going on here?
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