RE: F.I. Tech (was BSFC)

["Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>]

"Detonation, instantaneous throughout, dynamite"

Just to split hairs:

<1,000 m/s flame front velocity = low explosive (black powder, coal dust,
gasoline/air, etc)--- (burns)

>1,000 m/s shock wave velocity = high explosive (TNT, tetryl, picric acid,
C4, etc)--- (detonates)

Regards, Neil     Tucson, AZ




-----Original Message-----
From: Waldron, James [mailto:James.Waldron@CWUSA.COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:37 AM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: F.I. Tech (was BSFC)


Jim,

Thanks!  (I knew someone here would know)

Jim. W

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Dincau [mailto:jdincau@qnet.com]
Sent: 24 September 2003 11:49
To: Waldron, James; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: F.I. Tech (was BSFC)


The three instances are;

Combustion, relatively slow burning on the surface, gasoline

Deflagration, propagation with a flame front, smokeless gun powder

Detonation, instantaneous throughout, dynamite