[SML] Taiwan water park explosion

[Dave Vick]

On Tuesday, June 30, 2015, Dougherty, Jim via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

  (i.e. black powder on a table will burn, in a cannon barrel will explode)



 Uhhhhh... No.

Technically, gunpowder in confinement still doesn't explode. The term is
"deflagration," which is also what fuel vapor does in your engine
cylinders. It's still burning, however the flame front is moving
*EXTREMELY* rapidly... Much faster than "normal" unconfined burning, but
much slower than an actual explosive event.


-- 
Dave Vick
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