| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
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| Subject: | People from another world |
| Date: | Wed, 17 Mar 1999 12:04:06 +0100 |
the street was...
> Absolute BS. Almost all explosives carry oxidant and fuel in one. The
> only exception I can think of off the top of my head is a fuel-air
> bomb, and that is a very special case. Specifically gun-cotton (the
> base of all modern gun-powder) does not need oxygen to combust.
AFAIK all nitrate-based explosives (which includes things like gun cotton
as well as TNT) have enough oxygen atoms in their molecules to combust
without the need for an external oxygen supply. For those who like to
experiment with this kind of stuff, mix nitric acid with just about any
organic substance, let it dry, and set fire to the end product (but I'm
not responsible if you blow yourself up...).
> Please explain how the oxygen gets into the shell of the standard gun?
There is air between the grains of propellant when the case is sealed? :)
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