I stand by my original statement. I also suggest you try it for yourself and see.
Take a gallon of kerosine and pour it over a pile of wood. Give it a good long time to vaporize, if you like- and then toss a match in it. I've done this dozens of times.
Don't try this with gasoline unless you are good and far away. (20 yards AT LEAST for a gallon of gas) You will be stunned at the difference, If not knocked on your ass by the explosion.
If explosive heated kerosine vapors were a problem in center fuel tanks then why was there NO EFFORT to refit any airplane after this incident.
I have never tried heating it in an empty container, (I guess I'll have to try it to be fair) but have you ever seen how cold your luggage is when you get it off the plane?
"If explosive heated kerosine vapors were a problem in center fuel tanks then why was there NO EFFORT to refit any airplane after this incident."
My understanding was that these vapors are normally present, but that this particular plane experienced some unique traumas in its past history that led to the rogue spark inside the tank. There was also some damage to a bulkhead which was also implicit in the cause for the explosion.
I won't argue with you about kerosene, as I don't know anything about it. If you want to discuss it, the gentleman on the other thread seems to know much more about that particular fuel, and recalls better than I why they deemed this vapor as explosively dangerous.
I am no expert, by far, but I do recall, some months after the accident, that there was some talk about examining the 'wiring inside the fuel tanks that measured/regulated fuel depth or content.'
As a total novice, I just remember hearing that. No way to have any idea if there was any possibility of accuracy there.