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Keklas Rekobah
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G. Kashkanun Anderson
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I don't know if you've heard of this yet, but I've just come across this stuff called real cream. It tastes great in coffee, and it's actually pretty hard to get a fire going with it.
Not too common in the coreward sectors, I reckon. But the stuff's all over the place down here in Solomani space.
Keklas Rekobah
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I don't know if you've heard of this yet, but I've just come across this stuff called real cream. It tastes great in coffee, and it's actually pretty hard to get a fire going with it.
Not too common in the coreward sectors, I reckon. But the stuff's all over the place down here in Solomani space.
No wonder you Sollies lost the war ... all that fat in your coffejuice went straight to your heads!
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)G. Kashkanun Anderson
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I should hope so! About 2/3 of the human brain is composed of fat; it's the single most concentrated lump of fat in the human body...
I grew up in the country and we always heard stories about corn silos blowing up when the corn dust would ignite. I always thought it was a Rural Legend or Moonshine Story.
o:Peter Schutze
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>Grain elevators especially during harvest have a lot of grain dust. In the air it is explosive.
Yep many kinds of "dust" combust explosively.
Sugar dust ignites quite well too though its a lot harder to stop it soaking up enough moisture from the atmosphere to prevent easy ignition.
the wood dust from ultra fine sanding can be made to combust explosively at the proper humidity / temperature combination
At about 800 celcius a normal house fire smoke will combust. That thick black smoke contains a lot of uncombusted potential fuel
Maybe the rule should be "tampering with the air filtering system will be rewarded with suitless EVA training"
Yep many kinds of "dust" combust explosively.
Sugar dust ignites quite well too though its a lot harder to stop it soaking up enough moisture from the atmosphere to prevent easy ignition.
the wood dust from ultra fine sanding can be made to combust explosively at the proper humidity / temperature combination
At about 800 celcius a normal house fire smoke will combust. That thick black smoke contains a lot of uncombusted potential fuel
Maybe the rule should be "tampering with the air filtering system will be rewarded with suitless EVA training"
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G. Kashkanun Anderson
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Mills used to blow up all the time too, until people figured out how to ventilate them properly.I grew up in the country and we always heard stories about corn silos blowing up when the corn dust would ignite. I always thought it was a Rural Legend or Moonshine Story.
When Washburn (now General Mills) Mill 'A' blew up in 1878, it took an entire city block of Minneapolis with it. And windows were shattered in nearby St. Paul, up to 5 miles away.
And of course you can suffocate in a silo, too. Not only from being buried alive in the stuff, but because grains can give off all manner of toxic gases as they age. That, plus the generally low levels of oxygen in there, make a grain silo a pretty dangerous place to hang out in.
Evil Steve
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Furthermore, the Machine Shop must be completely cleaned when finished grinding any aluminum before any iron-based materials may be worked upon and vise-versa.
Violators must demonstrate firefighting techniques depicted on pg 51 of the ship's manual.
Many a recreationist armourer has lost his garage due to not obeying this rule.
Violators must demonstrate firefighting techniques depicted on pg 51 of the ship's manual.
Many a recreationist armourer has lost his garage due to not obeying this rule.
Keklas Rekobah
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One facility I worked at had a separate shack just for aluminum grinding. We used to collect the sweepings and hold an unofficial monthly thermite demonstration.
BlackBat242
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Did you take an old broken or corroded mag* wheel and use a lathe to cut shavings off to add to the aluminum dust?
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*magnesium alloy
Keklas Rekobah
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I think someone tried something like that. Mostly, it was actual magnesium from unused flashbulbs or military surplus magnesium-something batteries. Being a metal fab shop, there was likely some mag metal or alloy somewhere in stock.
It was wierd to be inside the assembly area, and suddenly see a bright flash coming from outside ...
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