Lew Hodgett wrote:

Don't want to rain on your parade, but how big do you think those
pressure
cookers in Boston were/are?

BTW, a pressure relief valve is a must.

Even your hot water tank has one.
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"-MIKE-" wrote:

I hope you're joking.
There was a lot more than air in those things.
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Lew Hodgett wrote:

Absolutely not kidding, shrapnel is shrapnel regardless of the
source.
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"-MIKE-" wrote:

That's kind of the point. There is no shrapnel when an air tank
"explodes."
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Lew Hodgett wrote:

What do you call the parts of the vessel that are created when
a vessel bursts?

Chopped liver?

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"-MIKE-" wrote:

Why do I keep putting explodes in quotation marks? Because of the
very
misconception you have and others are having. The energy from a
bursting
air tank is no where near enough to cause shrapnel.

The energy caused by gun powder is many multitudes higher than an
air
tank. The velocity of the explosion is also many magnitudes higher.

Oh, and last time I looked at air compressors, non of the tanks were
packed with ball bearings, either. sheesh.
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Lew Hodgett wrote:

You seem to have difficulty understanding what is written.

I made no mention of gun powder, ball bearings or any other items of
IBS
(Intellectual Bull ****) you attempt to introduce to confuse the
issue.

My comment simply stated that the size of the vessel is totally
independent of it's ability to raise the havoc created if it were to
burst
in an area where people were assembled.

What causes a vessel to exceed design specifications and fail
by bursting is a totally different discussion.

What remains relevant is that if a vessel bursts in an occupied area,
chances are pretty good that somebody is going to get hurt.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Lew