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Re: %$^$ quicktime! |
May 19, 2006, 18:05 |
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Throw a match in the gas tank…while not good for the car will not cause an explosion (ok, technically it will
Actually, pretty good odds it won't. The fuel-oxygen ratio is completely wrong (nowhere near enough oxygen) -- the match will just go out in the gasoline.
Now don't try this if you let the gas cap off the tank for a bit -- you'll have a big ass plume of flame before you even get the match to the fuel line.
The accident reminds me of one we had down here in Atlanta a few years back -- the first report was that a gas tanker had split asunder and spilled its entire load. The traffic reporter was imploring people to not smoke if they were near it.
Not long after the report came back that it wasn't gasoline, it was jet fuel (JP4, for the Naval Air base nearby). Smoke 'em if you got 'em -- unless you have a blowtorch you're not going to set it off. A cigarette or match just doesn't burn hot enough.
I think maybe the MythBusters did an episode of two on this as well?
Yup, twice. They had to revisit it using tracer rounds. And, unsurprisingly, it didn't work -- which they knew quite well being SFX guys.
About the only way for a car to explode like they do in the movies would be for there to be a leak between the fuel line/gas tank and the trunk, for fumes to fill the trunk, and a spark to be introduced at just the right time (when there's an ignitable fuel-air ratio). Then the car will go boom.
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