On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Andrew Tubbiolo wrote:
> Under the "L" listing, liquid O2 'explosives' is listed as a single entry.
> Also under "P" is listed 'Peroxide based explosive mixtures'. So does this
> mean that a liquid rocket engine using LO2 or H2O2 is considered an
> explosive?
Note the word "mixtures". Liquid-oxygen explosives use a cartridge of
(usually) charcoal soaked in LOX; they were moderately popular at big
mining sites until field-mixed ANFO explosives appeared. I haven't heard
of anyone doing similar things with peroxide but it wouldn't be a big
surprise. Read rationally, I don't think this covers systems which burn
fuel in LOX or peroxide in a combustion chamber without premixing -- no
explosive mixture is present in such systems at any time, not if they're
working correctly.
Of course, ATF is not noted for rationality.
> It looks like one out might be to transport gaseous O2 and liquify it
> on site with LN2...
This certainly doesn't cover LOX transport and use in general. There are
*lots* of industrial and medical LOX users.
Henry Spencer
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