silo explosion

created by enkidu
(thing) by enkidu (1.3 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Apr 12 2001 at 1:15:12
A frightening applied physics demonstration, and a real hazard of agronomy, in which stray grain dust in a supposedly empty silo can create a massive explosion. This occurs because all the dust in the air is exposed to oxygen simultaneously, so it all burns up at once. For more information, see the silo node.
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