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In article <9APR199208111284@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov>, packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:
|> 
|> It seems that liquified petroleum gas leaked out of a pipeline
|> and, being heavier than air flowed downhill into a valley.
|> This "cool, heavy cloud" allegedly exploded with such force
|> that it "rattled buildings 70 miles away and was heard
|> 140 miles away."  And, almost needless to say, it allegedly
|> killed "a six-year-old boy," as well as doing some other
|> damage.
|> 
|> I've read in books on explosion damage assessment that
|> the key to a forceful gas explosion is confinement. Explosion
|> force is greatly attenuated the more sources of ventilation
|> there are. This "explosion" allegedly occurred in open air.
|>

Can you say FAE (fuel air explosive)? The key is not confinement,
but rather the speed of ignition, rate of burn & the concentration
of the flamable material to the oxident.

For the best, & prehaps most detailed explaination of this
try rec.pyrotechnics.
 
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--Bruce

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				Gandhi
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