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Stuff (was Brexit reaction)
On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:44:23 -0500, Martin Eastburn
wrote: The Solids were the nasty missiles . The gas ones are typically Hydrogen and a very active version of an Oxide - something more unstable than pure oxygen and packs more punch. The solid rocket boosters are heavy hydrocarbon / something like a slow burn bullet. Simply lots of gas and heavy dump that in turns pushes the rocket/missiles fast. Think of Liquid OX LOX - on a tar roadway and it starts to react. It will explode if a car rides over it due to the compression. We got the word while working around fabs - leaking LOX tank - keep way back as it bleaches everything. I don't know if it's still there, but there was a hilarious YouTube video of some backyard BBQer using LOX at one time, with spectacular results. -- It is easier to fool people than it is to convince people that they have been fooled. --Mark Twain |
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I can almost see that in my mind's eye - carbon bricks turning into
CO2 and instant heat and fire - then hit it with LCO2 and the metal BBQ stretched and sagging is instantly shrinking back on itself compressing the fire! Martin On 7/22/2016 10:10 PM, Larry Jaques wrote: On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:44:23 -0500, Martin Eastburn wrote: The Solids were the nasty missiles . The gas ones are typically Hydrogen and a very active version of an Oxide - something more unstable than pure oxygen and packs more punch. The solid rocket boosters are heavy hydrocarbon / something like a slow burn bullet. Simply lots of gas and heavy dump that in turns pushes the rocket/missiles fast. Think of Liquid OX LOX - on a tar roadway and it starts to react. It will explode if a car rides over it due to the compression. We got the word while working around fabs - leaking LOX tank - keep way back as it bleaches everything. I don't know if it's still there, but there was a hilarious YouTube video of some backyard BBQer using LOX at one time, with spectacular results. -- It is easier to fool people than it is to convince people that they have been fooled. --Mark Twain |
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Stuff (was Brexit reaction)
On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 21:56:04 -0500, Martin Eastburn
wrote: I can almost see that in my mind's eye - carbon bricks turning into CO2 and instant heat and fire - then hit it with LCO2 and the metal BBQ stretched and sagging is instantly shrinking back on itself compressing the fire! Here you go, Martin. There are several, some spectacular. https://www.google.com/search?q=lox+...utf-8&oe=utf-8 -- It is easier to fool people than it is to convince people that they have been fooled. --Mark Twain |
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