Dust Explosion in a Metal Can
Contents
- Sodium Iodide + Mercury(II) Chloride
- Like Dissolves Like
- Ferrofluid
- Ice Bomb
- Oxidation of Glycerin
- Mercury Beating Heart
- Nitrogen Triiodide Detonation
- Cadmium Nitrate + Sodium Sulfide
- Copper(II) Nitrate + Ammonia
- Sodium + Acid
- Denaturation of Protein
- Hydrolysis of t-Butyl Chloride
- Centrifuging
- Which Is Hot?
- Dust Explosion
- Thermite
Grain dust, like lycopodium powder, is not especially flammable, but when grain is dumped into a grain silo, some of the finer dust particles can remain suspended in air surrounded by oxygen. This mixture can be ignited by a spark, resulting in an explosion.
Lycopodium powder is a fine yellow powder derived from the spores of lycopodium clavatum (stag's horn club moss).
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