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  2. Oxyliquit - Wikipedia

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    An Oxyliquit, also called liquid air explosive or liquid oxygen explosive, is an explosive material which is a mixture of liquid oxygen (LOX) with a suitable fuel, such as carbon (as lampblack), or an organic chemical (e.g. a mixture of soot and naphthalene), wood meal, or aluminium powder or sponge. It is a class of Sprengel explosives.

  3. Activated carbon - Wikipedia

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    Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, is a form of carbon commonly used to filter contaminants from water and air, among many other uses. It is processed ( activated ) to have small, low-volume pores that greatly increase the surface area [ 1 ] [ 2 ] available for adsorption or chemical reactions . [ 3 ] (

  4. Combustibility and flammability - Wikipedia

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    The original mass of flammable material and the mass of the oxygen consumed (typically from the surrounding air) equals the mass of the flame products (ash, water, carbon dioxide, and other gases). Lavoisier used the experimental fact that some metals gained mass when they burned to support his ideas (because those chemical reactions capture ...

  5. Powdered activated carbon treatment - Wikipedia

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    The carbon also acts as a "buffer" against the effects of toxic organics in the wastewater. [4] In such a system, biological treatment and carbon adsorption are combined into a single, synergistic treatment step. [3] The result is a system which offers significant cost reduction compared to activated sludge and granular carbon treatment options ...

  6. Thermite - Wikipedia

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    Despite the very low temperature of a dry ice thermite mixture, such a system is capable of being ignited with a flame. [19] When the ingredients are finely divided, confined in a pipe and armed like a traditional explosive, this cryo-thermite is detonatable and a portion of the carbon liberated in the reaction emerges in the form of diamond. [20]

  7. Hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The differences between a hydrogen ICE and a traditional gasoline engine include hardened valves and valve seats, stronger connecting rods, non-platinum tipped spark plugs, a higher voltage ignition coil, fuel injectors designed for a gas instead of a liquid, larger crankshaft damper, stronger head gasket material, modified (for supercharger ...

  8. Pyrophoricity - Wikipedia

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    The creation of sparks from metals is based on the pyrophoricity of small metal particles, and pyrophoric alloys are made for this purpose. [2] Practical applications include the sparking mechanisms in lighters and various toys, using ferrocerium; starting fires without matches, using a firesteel; the flintlock mechanism in firearms; and spark testing ferrous metals.

  9. Contact explosive - Wikipedia

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    A contact explosive is a chemical substance that explodes violently when it is exposed to a relatively small amount of energy (e.g. friction, pressure, sound, light). Though different contact explosives have varying amounts of energy sensitivity, they are all much more sensitive