Re: confinement flash -video

"TONY S" <kclo42112@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Lloyd ,I know for a fact that 5grams will self contain,I had a batch
> of 70/30  german black and chinese gourmet that ,I tested in a plastic
> bottle cap , no wrapping .that detonated and left a 14" circle on my
> lawn,I just notched the cap to hold the wick ,and thought it would go
> poof!!ever since that day ,I static proof my whole work area and wear
> heavy gloves when mixing flash


 But.  Your 5 grams did NOT "self contain". The bottle cap contained the 
powder on 3 of 4 sides and the pressure pulse of the deflagrating 4th side

finished off the containment. Nor did your 5 gram sample detonate. It 
explosively deflagrated.

-- 


Don Thompson

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and that makes me an expert. "

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