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To: Blueflag

Good point. There may have been none.

But that wasn’t the question - at least as I saw it.

The question was what happens to any fire when a huge volume of
highly compressed oxygen is added to a fire.

I believe it would, for all practical purposes, appear the same as an explosion.

Not wanting to make a controversy or argument. Just wanting to point out a fact.


43 posted on 02/12/2014 7:35:13 PM PST by Arlis
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To: Arlis

Yes - increasing the O2 PPM or percentage of the atmosphere does indeed accelerate combustion. The reverse is also true.

The movie BACKDRAFT demonstrated the effect of suddenly introducing O2 to a hot fuel with a source of ignition.

I ‘hated’ that movie for one reason — They portrayed Fire Fighters as stupid - going into an active, enclosed fire with their gear open, (not even a balaclava or face shield) without a buddy, and no respirator/ rebreather etc etc.

Otherwise entertaining.


48 posted on 02/13/2014 7:59:51 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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