On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 21:14, HK Piter <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can think of at least 2 exceptions: Black Powder. Contains Potassium > Nitrate (Saltpeter), Charcoal (Carbon), and Sulfur.
It's in the chemical bonds. Otherwise a sealed shell wouldn't combust. > Flour is also explosive, yet must be combined with atmospheric oxygen. > Coal dust, is explosive, but not without oxygen present. And just from the best practices manual for material handling, any fine oxidative dust can be explosive is aerated enough, but neither is technically an explosive. One of the big issues handling things like grain or sawdust. It was one of my Uncles favorite lectures and harvest time when we where driving the grain in from the field to the elevator. Now there are some devices like fuel-air bombs that require external oxygen, but they are designed to take maximal advantage of the effect -- Evyn _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
