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Yes, the term most frequently encountered for the catastrophic failure of a compressed gas cylinder that results from overheating is BLEVE (rhymes with Chevy: acronym for "boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion"). The term more accurately describes the explosion of a non-pressure-rated container, such as a drum or tank, during a fire.
BLEVEs can happen but typically, the overpressure (blow-out) disk releases pressure before the wall of the cylinder fails. Contamination of the tank with combustible materials, such as grease, could result in a detonation during filling.
Mechanical damage to the cylinder more frequently results in turning the cylinder into a projectile propelled by the gas escaping through the broken valve. Unusual situations such as accidentally striking an arc on the tank wall with a welder or unwittingly filling a tank that had been painted using a heat-curing process that weakens the cylinder walls could result in an explosive failure.
Oxygen, itself, is not an explosive though.Explosives are technically those substances that produce supersonic shock waves when detonated. Oxygen gas would be an oxidizer.
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Why charcoal burns slowly when left undisturbed?
Because when you blow on the coals you are adding oxygen to the fire and oxygen fuels a fire. A fire would simply go out without any oxygen. Because when you blow on the coals you are adding oxygen to the fire and oxygen fuels a fire. A fire would simply go out without any oxygen.
Can wind ever defeat fire?
light a match and blow on it. What happens? (only with adult supervision) Only the lack of oxygen puts out a fire, wind fans the flame. Blow slowly and the match stays lit. A quick blow displaces the oxygen with your carbon dioxide. Oil well fires are put out by an explosion using up all the oxygen,
Does pepsi blow up a balloon the fastest?
No
Could you blow up on Uranus?
No, it is not possible to blow up Uranus. Uranus is a gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium, and it lacks the necessary conditions for an explosion to occur.
Why do the plants in a mini ecosystem use up oxygen?
They do not. All green plants make oxygen. Something else growing in there is using up oxygen.
Do hair blow dryers burn up oxygen in the room?
No, they simply pass air over a heating element to warm it. They don't use up any oxygen.
Why must you never smoke or cause a spark near a patient in an oxygen tent?
it will blow up!
What is required to produce the chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen?
Lol trying to blow up the ocean
Did Thames blow up?
did not blow up
When did Mercury blow up?
Mercury did not blow up.
How do you blow up a machine?
You get a bomb then blow it up! But why?
how to blow up a bloon?
how to blow up a bloon
Is oxygen used to blow up balloon?
Helium is most often used to inflate balloons. Any compressed air would work, though, so Oxygen could be used, I suppose.
If you were to put oxygen on the moon Titan would it blow up because of all the other chemicals there?
blow-up is definitely the wrong word. There would be a very slow oxidation as the temperature there is not high enough to initiate the chain-combustion of ----anything. If you were to put oxygen into the atmosphere of Titan it would be there for a few hundred years before it was all gone.
Why does the candle flames go out when you blow it?
When you blow out a candle, you disrupt the balance between the oxygen supply and the fuel (wax) being consumed by the flame. When you remove the oxygen by blowing, the flame no longer has the necessary element to sustain itself, causing it to extinguish.
How do you blow up balloons?
You can blow it up by breathing and sucking
Can you blow up a fart?
NO if you tried you will blow UP!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
