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Man killed by beer keg explosion
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| October 23, 2006
Posted on 10/23/2006 11:11:14 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
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To: Junior
Thankfully I had my FR-licensed snort-guard over my monitor & keyboard, but the plans on my desk got doused with Mt. Dew.
81
posted on
10/23/2006 11:53:21 AM PDT
by
Toby06
(Diesel smoke makes me horny.)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Me too.
But I have some physical scars from other acts of alcohol-fuelled stupidity.
To: Rb ver. 2.0
We used to toss cans of WD-40 into the campfire. They make a nice mushroom cloud fireball when they go off.Children, don't try this at home.
83
posted on
10/23/2006 11:57:03 AM PDT
by
Elyse
To: SteveMcKing
I wonder why the tap didn't blow first and release the pressure? Because the valve was sturdier than the keg.
I guess heating them is rather different
Heating is rather different, because it causes a rupture by greatly increasing the pressure in the keg (it also weakens the metal somewhat). Shooting simply makes a hole. A heated container has a great deal more energy to dissipate.
84
posted on
10/23/2006 12:01:21 PM PDT
by
3niner
(War is one game where the home team always loses.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Not any more, they took the propane out and started using CO2 for propellant. Too many folks were using WD40 for spudguns. WD40 is, itself, highly flammable. CO2 ain't got much to do with it.
85
posted on
10/23/2006 12:03:54 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Squawk 8888
Great way to go. I hope he had a bit first. sarc.
To: Squawk 8888
This is not the first time I have heard of a such an incident. Another article a couple of years ago, perhaps posted on FR, told of another poor soul who died after throwing a beer keg in a campfire.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Hairspray contains flammable propellant, beer kegs simply rupture violently from steam.
88
posted on
10/23/2006 12:08:15 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
I've thrown away three cans in the last year because the propellant bled off while sitting on the shelf.
89
posted on
10/23/2006 12:11:28 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
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To: Old Professer
"Hairspray contains flammable propellant, beer kegs simply rupture violently from steam."
The propellant would not ignite until the can ruptured because there is no oxygen in the can for combustion while the can is sealed.
The can ruptured due to the Ideal Gas Law (PV = nRT), just like the keg.
90
posted on
10/23/2006 12:12:28 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I never said what you suggest; the rupture releases the flammable liquid and a flame front results with hairspray, which adds to the spectacle.
91
posted on
10/23/2006 12:16:55 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
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To: Old Professer
I never said what you suggest; the rupture releases the flammable liquid and a flame front results with hairspray, which adds to the spectacle. The spectacle isn't what killed the bystander. The explosion did.
92
posted on
10/23/2006 12:21:38 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: 3niner
"Because the valve was sturdier than the keg." What I meant to ask is whether that's standard.
A safety valve would have been nice.... But then, placing a keg in a fire really is "non-standard" as well.
To: Toby06
I stand corrected. Do you mind if we dance wit' yo' dates?
To: windcliff
To: Toby06
I was just about to ping you to see if you were OK!!!
96
posted on
10/23/2006 12:56:17 PM PDT
by
najida
(The internet is for kids grown up-- Where else could you have 10,000 imaginary friends?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
A piece of shrapnel; explosions are usually accompanied by fire and beer doesn't burn that well.
Heat a can of beer and a can of spraypaint on the same burner and see which one "explodes" first.
97
posted on
10/23/2006 12:58:35 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
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To: najida
ROFL!!! I keep my kegs in the kegerator, not in the fire.
98
posted on
10/23/2006 12:59:27 PM PDT
by
Toby06
(Diesel smoke makes me horny.)
To: andy58-in-nh
Why, no, not at all. Go right ahead.
99
posted on
10/23/2006 1:02:14 PM PDT
by
Toby06
(Diesel smoke makes me horny.)
To: Toby06
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