NRCAN Propellant Burn Trials

I guess I won't store my powder on the propane burner from now on. :bsFlag:

Why don't they try that with the two gallons of lawn mower gas you'll find in any homeowners garage. That will make a bigger boom.

What a waste of frick'n money. And powder.
 
SKScanuck said:
Why don't they try that with the two gallons of lawn mower gas you'll find in any homeowners garage. That will make a bigger boom.
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Ya but then they would have to reconstruct the building from scratch! Using powder didn't do much damage at all... I mean it didn't burn down. A few nails and some paint and it is as good as new! :D


SKScanuck said:
What a waste of frick'n money. And powder.
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I wouldn't do it with new powder but IF I had some waste powder (pulled, mixed, unknown) AND a shack out back that needed renovating... oh ya that would be fun!

Now if that was 8 lbs. of blackpowder it would be way different. Would love to have that job. :cool:


Fudd
 
Tony B mentioned this test to me a few months ago (at SHOT in Florida).
He pointed out that the window was not blown out. It does not qualify as an explosion, only an overpressure.

I would like to see a slo-mo of a propane cylinder go off! We have all seen news photos of houses vapourized by a leaky BBQ tank.
 
The building acted like a closed container and allowed pressure to build. Repeat the test with an open window and the results would have been much less spectacular(?). If anyone wants to try the 8lbs of blackpowder test mentioned above I can direct you to a beaver house that needs moving!
 
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What if the test was repeated in a 2000 sq foot house (1000 feet upastairs and 1000 feet in the basement). I suspect the pressure buildup would not be so great with a larger area to absorb it.
Of course, by the time NRCAN (or any other government department) built a 2000 ft test house, it would likely cost about 500,000, and squatters would move in before they could perform the test.
 
stencollector said:
What if the test was repeated in a 2000 sq foot house (1000 feet upastairs and 1000 feet in the basement). I suspect the pressure buildup would not be so great with a larger area to absorb it.
Of course, by the time NRCAN (or any other government department) built a 2000 ft test house, it would likely cost about 500,000, and squatters would move in before they could perform the test.
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Dont forget the native land claims on it too!
 
well so much for heating the house with the barbeque:bangHead:
I'll be sure to leave the windows and doors open when I load now:dancingbanana:
 
Elmer Fudd must have built that shed. The window glass was stronger than the roof AND wall? Still I was surprised.

It looks like the container leaked for a few seconds (you could see the tell-tale sparking), then the built up air pressure spread powder particles about in the air which ignited and did a quick burn. I'd like to know how much un-burned powder remained.

To be honest, a container of flour could burn a lot like that if it somehow got spread in the air and ignited.
 
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