Interesting... Does our powder monkeys have anything to say about - TopicsExpress



          

Interesting... Does our powder monkeys have anything to say about this info we came across.... Explosives are usually divided up into two categories, low explosive & high explosive. Low explosive is used in guns because if you used high explosive the rate of expansion of the gasses would blow the barrel apart. Low explosives have a burn rate between 0.02 - 220mph, and so are below the speed of sound. High explosives have a burn rate between 2220 - 22200mph. High explosives are most impressive at generating energy; 1 kg of dynamite, which is smaller than a litre of milk, will generate 5,000,000,000 watts of power, but only for a few thousandths of a second. High explosives will also not (generally!) explode if you set them on fire; theyll just fizzle away gently.
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 16:20:00 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015