| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
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| Subject: | People from another world |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:13:31 +0100 |
the street was...
> Sorry Gurth, that statement about the explosives having enough oxygen
> atoms in their molecules to combust makes me want to scream. Things don't
> burn just because they contain oxygen in their molecules, how often do
> you see water burning? (it is 33% oxygen after all).
I know that (for the record, I spent some time doing a chemical
engineering course a few years ago before deciding to do something better
with my life; I'll let you know what when I've found it :) I didn't say
things burn because they contain oxygen in their molecules; I said nitrate
groups (although I'm getting a feeling I had it wrong and it should be
nitro groups) make explosives because of the oxygen they contain. I'm not
entirely sure how it works, but the oxygen is somehow released and allows
the explosive to detonate by reacting with it again. TNT (tri-nitro-
toluene (sp?)) is such high explosive because of the three nitro groups,
for example.
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