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YES! flour is very explosive when it comes in contact with fire!
More accurately, flour dust suspended in air is quite explosive. Flour mills must take many precautions to prevent fire and explosion. Flour itself is very flammable, but unless it is suspended in air, it will not explode. In fact, the science shows Mythbusters and Timewarp both did experiments with flour to determine whether it was explosive. On Mythbusters, both flour and coffee creamer sent a fireball approximately 40' in diameter hundreds of feet into the air. they did determine that coffee creamer is much more volitile however.
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Is playdoh explosive?
No, Play-Doh is not explosive. It is a non-toxic modeling compound made primarily of water, salt, and flour, so it does not pose an explosive hazard.
What is explosive mixture?
A mixture of substances that may explode under the right circumstances. Powdered flour dispersed thru air will explode if a spark is present. Gunpowder is an explosive mixture, not a compound. Nitroglycerine is NOT an explosive mixture. It is an explosive compound.
How can flour start a fire if there's a spark?
If the flour is extremely finely ground, the particles can behave almost like a fog or a gas, and reactions with oxygen molecules can be extremely efficient and fast (i.e. explosive), because the oxygen does not have to "burn" through the outer layers of the particles. The phenomenon is not restricted to flour. The right sort of dust (e.g. fine coal dust) can be highly explosive.
What will happen if a person blows air through the tube at A to disperse the flour above the burning flame?
All of the surface area of all the particles of flour will be exposed to ignition at the same time, and a flash fire or explosion will take place. Flour in a solid clump is barely combustible, but as a dust mixed in the air, VERY explosive.
Why did flour dust cause problems for the airplanes in the Berlin Airlift?
When flour dust mixes with air in just the right quantities it can become a very explosive mixture. In fact, even today flour is classified as a hazardous material. In a shaking, vibrating, drafty, WWII-era aircraft, many of which were powered by huge engines which belched fire even in normal conditions, flour could be a very dangerous payload.
Is the 1902 eruption of mt pelee non explosive or explosive?
explosive
Why is chicken an explosive?
Chicken is not an explosive.
Can pie be explosive?
No, a pie can not be explosive.
Is the nickel explosive?
No, a nickel is not explosive.
Is acid rain explosive?
No it is not explosive.
Is El Chichon a none explosive or explosive volcano?
Explosive because u suck
Is mt st helens non-explosive or explosive?
Mount St. Helens is generally regarded as an explosive volcano, but like most stratovolcanoes, it can produce both explosive and non-explosive eruptions.
