On Sunday, 28 June 2015 13:27:39 UTC+1, tim..... wrote:
"dennis@home" wrote in message
.com...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33302243

I would think everyone should know that corn flour is explosive.

Isn't "everything" that burns explosive if you get the particulate size and
oxygen mix right.

Of course, they don't necessarily self combust

tim

I once saw a dust explosion in a laundry.
I was right in the middle of it.
Fine fibres from laundry activity in this case.
The dust was on steam pipes, an explosion flashed round the building in a fraction of a second. The explosion created a "front" of airborn dust particles that was self sustaining.