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March 24th 04, 06:21 PM
Bruce in Alaska
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In article ,
(John Michael Williams) wrote:
but what would happen is that the uncombusted atoms
of the TNT would be just accelerated away by the shock
of detonation.
Eventually, they might be combusted, but not as part of
the detonation. So, their combustion energy contribution
isn't counted as part of the explosion.
The above is just plain NONSENSE. When TNT Detonates, it is the
detonation wave front that causes the cyclic ring of tolulene to
break and release the bonding energy of the molecule. The detonation
wave front is traveling faster than the the molecules can move on their
own, so they don't move, they just get slammed by the detonation wave.
There is a GIANT difference between combustion and detonation. TNT
does NOT combust when it decomposes in a detonation.
Bruce in alaska
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