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Another big concern is the water turning to steam. It expands 1,000x. 2 cubic centimeters of water expanding to a 2 liter bottle worth of steam. My facility had
by DavidPeiffer 6y ago
Another big concern is the water turning to steam. It expands 1,000x. 2 cubic centimeters of water expanding to a 2 liter bottle worth of steam. My facility had its own quick response fire unit (production employees who went through fire and rescue training), and I believe the company helped fund a ladder truck for the town of ~600 people which is adjacent to a decent metropolitan area. Fast response is vital to minimize danger to people and damage to the facility.
Factories have been leveled by water hitting molten aluminum. The Hackaday link below does a great job summarizing the dangers.
https://hackaday.com/2020/12/30/water-and-molten-aluminium-is-a-dangerous-combination/ https://hackaday.com/2020/12/30/water-and-molten-aluminium-i...
Explosion links:
https://youtu.be/sIJmwF1Qs7M https://youtu.be/sIJmwF1Qs7M
https://youtu.be/jvddrln900Q https://youtu.be/jvddrln900Q (last ~20 seconds)
Source: Used to work at a very large aluminum facility.
- babesh 6y agoAluminum is also used as fuel in solid rocket propellants. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_perchlorate_composite_propellant https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_perchlorate_composi...