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John McCoy

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On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:47:40 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:37:37 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
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alcohol won't explode like
gasoline

The difference
is gasoline is more volatile, so it turns into vapor much
more readily than methanol.

It also has twice the energy density. Rinse, repeat.

True, altho that has no bearing on it's propensity to explode.

Sure it does. More energy causes more sublimation, causes more
energy...

You lost the context. I've snipped some of the thread to
make it more clear: the reason gasoline is prone to explode
in crashes, and alcohol isn't, is that gasoline is more
volatile than alcohol. In that context energy density has
no relevance.

John