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Just wait until you hear about this explosive fuel called "gasoline" that is quite popular for powering cars too
by kylec 3y ago
Just wait until you hear about this explosive fuel called "gasoline" that is quite popular for powering cars too
- jjoonathan 3y agoCompressed gas at 200atm is a different kind of explosive.
- bell-cot 3y agoGasoline is an easily-contained liquid. Gasoline-vapor/air mixtures explode under relatively limited circumstances. Vs. hydrogen is a difficult-to-contain gas, the concentration range for hydrogen/air to be explosive is extremely wide, and triggering the explosion is extremely easy.
- spookie 3y agoWhile I do not argue the explosive nature of it, safety can be improved by embracing how fast it disperses. Think Toyota went that path with interleaved fibers in their containers' outer enclosures, to augment that effect, so it isn't sufficient for an explosion to occur. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVeagFmmwA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVeagFmmwA0 (Edit: added Toyota's test where they shot an hydrogen tank, you can see the fibers and the gas dispersion)
- bell-cot 3y agoTrue. But a hydrogen / air mixture is explosive from 4% hydrogen to 74% hydrogen, Americans love their attached garages, and most attached garages feature a perfectly-placed electric spark detonator...er, I mean electric garage door opener...which is triggered daily.
- spookie 3y agoFair
- abakker 3y agoever watched someone extinguish a cigarette in gasoline? it's explosive, but in a narrow band of conditions.
- glitchc 3y agoYou've been watching too many movies. MythBusters tested this. A pool of gasoline will extinguish a cigarette dropped in it every time.