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I have one quibble. > Using water can cause steam explosions. It's actually worse than that. 2(C) + O2 + H2O → CO + CO2 + H2 So you have a H2/CO explosion.
by mirimir 8y ago
I have one quibble.
> Using water can cause steam explosions.
It's actually worse than that.
2(C) + O2 + H2O → CO + CO2 + H2
So you have a H2/CO explosion. That's what happened at Chernobyl. Very hot graphite moderator, plus cooling water.
Edit: lose extra O
- Gibbon1 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_gas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_gas
- Skunkleton 8y agoTo be fair, some other things also happened at Chernobyl.
- mirimir 8y agoTrue. But wasn't it the hydrogen explosion that popped the containment? Not that there was all that much containment, in any case.
- honestoHeminway 8y agoEisenschwammdampfdruckhydrolyse Steam plus a red-hot glowing Oxidator produce Hydrogen. They used that to fire mortars in WW1 on the eastern front, just very fine milled scrap and coaled wood. You can not run out of ammo, if you only fire payloads and available materials.