Le 2011/04/16 19:02, Darren New a écrit :
> On 4/16/2011 15:47, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> That oxidation will react with the water that's left,
>> producing highly explosive hydrogen gas."
>
> OK. That's what I guessed. Cracking the water to release hydrogen.
>
>> All in all, a bad design,
>
> Certainly not the best design, yeah. :-)
>

And that hydrogen comes handily premixed with just the right amount of 
oxygen.

That's the big problem when you start heat cracking water. You get an 
explosive mixture ready to recombine into water while producing yet more 
heat... When it's hot enough, you don't need any spark or flame.



Alain

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