On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:58:07 -0400, Kurt Ullman wrote:
>In article ,
> AZ Nomad wrote:
>> >Want highly flammable? ... try Hydrogen Gas... try Ether. Even alcohols.
>> >They ignite much more easily.
>>
>> Gas has to have the right fuel mixture. Toss a lit cigarette into a pool
>> of gasoline and the liquid gasoline will snuff it out.
> That is pretty much true of anything. It is never the stuff itself
>that ignites, but the fumes.
Yes, but the point is that the fumes from an open pool of gasoline are
fairly harmless. The mixture is too weak.
Put the gasoline in a closed container and the fumes will be too rich.
To get a nice explosion, the fuel has to be atomized over a large area and
that is excedingly rare. Except in hollywood pictures where any vehicle
that stops by any means other than its brakes must explode.
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