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    Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
    So it will go bang, but not burn?
    All explosives burn, they just burn at different speeds. "High Exposives" are simply compounds that burn faster than "normal" explosives. Any burn above around 1000m per second is classed as Detonation rather than conflagaration ( or burning ). The speed of the burn determines the rate of expansion of the gases produced as a result of the combustion and the degree of the resulting over pressure. The faster the expansion rate, the higher the pressure and the bigger the bang for a given quantity of explosive material.

    An explosive fuse , at it's simplest, a bit of string soaked or caked in an explosive compound. When it's lit the lack of containment and small quantity involved means it appears to "burn" rather than "explode" as it works it's way down the line of the fuse.
    Last edited by DaveB; 11 October 2007, 10:36.
    "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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      Originally posted by DaveB View Post
      All explosives burn, they just burn at different speeds. "High Exposives" are simply compounds that burn faster than "normal" explosives. ...
      You are Osama Bin Laden, and I claim my free 76 virgins in Heaven.

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        Originally posted by DBA_bloke View Post
        You are Osama Bin Laden, and I claim my free 76 virgins in Heaven.
        I don't have any Virgins, but I've got some raisins if you want them?
        "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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          Originally posted by DaveB View Post
          I don't have any Virgins, but I've got some raisins if you want them?
          I'll settle for one nearly-new virgin and a packet of dried fruit, then. Bloody terrorists.

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            Originally posted by DBA_bloke View Post
            You are Osama Bin Laden, and I claim my free 76 virgins in Heaven.
            Inflation's back - it used to be 72.

            Back to the main point - can you suppress a fart in a vacuum?

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              Originally posted by DBA_bloke View Post
              I'll settle for one nearly-new virgin and a packet of dried fruit, then. Bloody terrorists.
              My eldest nephew's 3rd wife and a packet of dates left over from last year, thats my final offer.
              "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                Originally posted by wendigo100 View Post

                Back to the main point - can you suppress a fart in a vacuum?
                not if you eat old dates. zeity the ex-deity probably suffers more from that than most.

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                  Originally posted by zeitghost
                  Time to bugger orff anyway...

                  See yah all tomorrow...

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                    woot - it's coming home day!
                    ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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                      Morning

                      Yes, dull as dishwater here too. Plus a bit of drizzle.

                      My journey to Marylebone was made all the better for the big girl sat next to me with the ultra-loud headphones getting off at Amersham.

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