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- From: fernee@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Mark Fernee)
- Subject: LOX explosives
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 06:30:09 GMT
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- Just to clear up a few points on LOX based explosives. LOX and just
- about any porous combustable material can be used as a high explosive.
- LOX and charcoal has been used in industry as a high explosive. LOX
- based explosives still require a detonator for reliable initiation.
- However that doesn't mean that they are not capable of making the
- deflagration to detonation transition. Deflagration can give rise
- to detonation on LOX based explosives, just not reliably so. Therefore
- deflagrating into detonation is not used as a means of initiating
- LOX based explosives in industry. It is only used in this way for
- accidentally maiming amateur pyrotechnicians.
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- How about this for a slurry explosive; SOX and LH. That's solid oxygen
- in liquid hydrogen. Good for mining on Pluto :)
-
- (I forgot where I read it)
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- Mark.
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