Passing the Torch.

Fadedawg

Fadedawg

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Milovan said:
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A perfect example of an air gas mixture going from ambient temperatures to 2,243 K(1,970 °C; 3,578 °F).

As a gas expands in direct proportion to its temperature rise, you have a lot of hot gas looking for a way out and pushing everything out of the way.

The 3578F fireball, is hot enough to melt steel, and can not only burn skin and eyeballs, it can scorch lungs.
 
WeedFreak78

WeedFreak78

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Fadedawg said:
The 3578F fireball, is hot enough to melt steel, and can not only burn skin and eyeballs, it can scorch lungs.
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That's kind of a misleading statement, while there may be a instantaneous spike to 3000+F, it will not have the intensity or duration to make the slightest mark on steel. It's why someone can go through an vapor explosion and walk away with only burnt hair and superficial skin burns. It's not the heat but the rapid pressure increase that usually causes the most damage.
 
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