To: bored at work
The vapors in a fuel tank are more explosive than the fuel itself. Fuel must be vaporized/atomized to explode, like in a cars carburetor or with the injectors.
Gas will burn only at the surface of the liquid, where the vapors are.
10 posted on
02/16/2005 6:59:53 AM PST by
Fierce Allegiance
(At first it was "Relief", then "Welfare", now it's "Entitlements". What will they call it next?)
To: Fierce Allegiance
"than the fuel itself." should read "than liquid fuel."
11 posted on
02/16/2005 7:01:38 AM PST by
Fierce Allegiance
(At first it was "Relief", then "Welfare", now it's "Entitlements". What will they call it next?)
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