- 1. Non-flammable fuel (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 02:47:41 +0000
- A non-flammable fuel? Surely that is impossible (or a contradiction in terms at least)? The stuff really *has* to be able to burn quite readily, doesn't it?! Eric '68 MGB MkII
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- 2. Re: Non-flammable fuel (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:58:21 -0000
- The way it was explained seemed quite reasonable. Normal petrol has a flashpoint of about -40, if I remember correctly, whereas this new fuel is +40 - it doesn;'t even catch light if you apply a matc
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- 3. re: Non-flammable fuel (score: 1)
- Author: Calvin Krug <ckrug@laf.cioe.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:21:46 -0500
- As a vapor, yes, but not as a liquid. As I recall, most jet fuels have additives that prevent them from burning except when properly atomized. As a side note, the fuel used in the SR71 wouldn't even
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00821.html (7,436 bytes)
- 4. Re: Non-flammable fuel (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 02:54:14 -0500
- isn't all a fuel home. As an aside, I met an interesting fellow who once worked a cotton gin in the south in the earlier part of this century. If the cotton got a small "hot coal" in it, the protoco
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