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To: soycd
Wouldn’t there need to be a huge structure to contain enough explosive gas mixture to create such an enormous blast as this? I’m thinking an indoor arena sized building filled with a stochiometric mixture of oxygen and fuel to make such an explosion.

No, some gases readily form vapor clouds that are a mixture of air and flammable gas. The mixture is often the right ratio for fast burning if the cloud finds an ignition source. The cloud can float over a plant and will create a huge pressure wave on ignition. The pressure wave will crush everything underneath.

207 posted on 02/07/2010 12:45:02 PM PST by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: WFTR

>he cloud can float over a plant and will create a huge pressure wave on ignition

Got it. Kind of like how a MOAB unleashes its fuel/air and then touches it off.


213 posted on 02/07/2010 12:55:17 PM PST by soycd
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