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18 May 2013, 10:00
A word on steam..
if your water bottle was to rupture above 100c, say for instance at 150c, the pressure inside the bottle would be 80-90psi
When water turns into steam (as it would do, instantaneously, if your bottle burst) then the steam will occupy an area 1700 times the size of your water bottle, you wouldnt be sprayed by boiling water, you'd be hit by a steam explosion!
so one litre of water, turned into steam has the potential to have a danger area 1.5 times the size of a 1 cubic metre IBC.
not to mention shrapnel and flying debris!
in reality, your water bottles would rupture at much higher than 150c/80psi, leading to a more disastrous conclusion.
look on youtube for "steam explosion"
Someone told me 1kg of steam (1l of water @ circa 150psi) has the explosive power of a stick of dynamite, though i cant find any written proof of this.
if your water bottle was to rupture above 100c, say for instance at 150c, the pressure inside the bottle would be 80-90psi
When water turns into steam (as it would do, instantaneously, if your bottle burst) then the steam will occupy an area 1700 times the size of your water bottle, you wouldnt be sprayed by boiling water, you'd be hit by a steam explosion!
so one litre of water, turned into steam has the potential to have a danger area 1.5 times the size of a 1 cubic metre IBC.
not to mention shrapnel and flying debris!
in reality, your water bottles would rupture at much higher than 150c/80psi, leading to a more disastrous conclusion.
look on youtube for "steam explosion"
Someone told me 1kg of steam (1l of water @ circa 150psi) has the explosive power of a stick of dynamite, though i cant find any written proof of this.
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