Does this tactic work by RAW?

[Psyren]

To add to the conversation? The question had been answered. No need to get so grumpy and aggressive.

Apologies if I came off that way, it wasn't my intention at all.

But I wasn't flip-flopping - merely pointing out that even from a scientific standpoint, the unique behavior of alchemist's fire could be reasonable depending on what exactly the stuff is made out of. (In other words, the simplest answer to the question "why doesn't it act like napalm?" is "it's not napalm.")