On 18/05/2021 13:57, Robin wrote:
On 18/05/2021 13:17, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 18/05/2021 11:49, Robin wrote:
Indeed.Â* But I don't see how that's going to give much of a blast.
As I am sure you recognise, hydrogen per se cannot explode.

Oh yes it can.

Or did you think the challenger mission was faked up in a hollywood
studio?



No.Â* I do think it was caused by a *mixture* of hydrogen and oxygen.

Well of course.

Unfortunately any time hydrogen gets loose there is a lot of oxygen around.

You might just as well say that fuel doesn't explode.

So why are they making fuel-air bombs?

You might just as well say that flour or coal dust doesn't explode.

In air it damn well does.


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