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Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:25 am

hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:33 am

I would say that many things can be used as "solid propellent"*, there have been explosions in flour factories as well as the well known coal mine blasts.

Lots of materials will "flash" if they are in the right mix and are exposed to a source of ignition.

If you could establish the right mix there would be no reason why it could not be utilised in a spudgun.

*Term still to be verified.

Edit: Maybe these factories actually ddt? They are very large.
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:38 am

Ill stick to propane...

just wondering, why is this sweet?

EDIT: Oh shoulda known, JSR posted it... :lol:
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Carlman wrote:Ill stick to propane...

just wondering, why is this sweet?

Oh shoulda known, JSR posted it... :lol:

It was an explosion in a sugarfactory! :lol:
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:46 am

yea the last line was an edit but forgot to put the EDIT: in :D

oh and its sugar

[size=0]EDIT: u beat me to your own mistake...[/size]
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:04 pm

I wonder what it would smell like? :?
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:11 pm

Like as if they have been cremating diabetics...
People died in this incident you know...


The " sweet" part seems a bit inapropriate.



But on that note....

People are not considered solid propellents...they do tend to get rather crispy though..I guess you could call that solid...
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:47 pm

The rules say flour isn't a soid propellant.
So I assume for this case that sugar isn't either
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:51 pm

Sugar dust is totally a solid. So is flour, it will due the same thing. The Domino's plant in Baltimore recently had a similar explosion, but not as bad. Turns out a welder was welding a patch on a dust collector hood and a spark set it off.
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:11 pm

I guess nothing is as benign as it seems.
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Brian the brain wrote:Like as if they have been cremating diabetics...
People died in this incident you know...


The " sweet" part seems a bit inapropriate.



But on that note....

People are not considered solid propellents...they do tend to get rather crispy though..I guess you could call that solid...
I guess it was too soon, but even in the midst of tragedy one looks for the positive.
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I dont think this is suprising. Its like the classic science expierement. Try to ignite cornstarch, then blow it through a paper tube over an open flame.
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rp181 I just did that experiment with my "little brother" .
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corn stach and flour are safe alternatives to alcohol when it comes to fire breathing :twisted:
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Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:38 am

Huh...???...What??

I fell asleep reading the " too soon" menour
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