Ejikọtara onwe ya ọkụ nke ntụ ntụ aluminum na mmiri na uzuoku na gburugburu ebe obibi.
Dị ka ntụ ntụ, arụ ọrụ elu nke aluminom na-abawanye, na-eduga mmeghachi omume na mmiri nke na-emepụta okpomọkụ na hydrogen gas. Ọ bụrụ na gas hydrogen a ga-agbakọta ruo otu ọnụ ụzọ, combustion na mberede nwere ike ime. Na-esote combustion, ntụ ntụ aluminom na-eme ka ikuku oxygen na-eduga na mmeghachi omume exothermic siri ike karịa na okpomọkụ dị elu.