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  2. Boiler explosion - Wikipedia

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    Oil fumes, natural gas, propane, coal, or any other fuel can build up inside the combustion chamber. This is especially of concern when the vessel is hot; the fuels will rapidly volatilize due to the temperature. Once the lower explosive limit (LEL) is reached, any source of ignition will cause an explosion of the vapors.

  3. Holzwarth gas turbine - Wikipedia

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    The combustion chamber (A) is filled intermittently with an air–fuel mixture supplied by the gas chamber (C) and the air chamber (B). The air–fuel mixture is ignited by a spark after which the explosion of the mixture causes an increase in pressure throwing open the nozzle valve (F), allowing the compressed gases to flow through the nozzle ...

  4. Effects of nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    The Nuclear War Survival Skills is a public domain text and is an excellent source on how to survive a nuclear attack. Ground Zero: A Javascript simulation of the effects of a nuclear explosion in a city; Oklahoma Geological Survey Nuclear Explosion Catalog lists 2,199 explosions with their date, country, location, yield, etc.

  5. Fire room - Wikipedia

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    Vessels typically contained several engines for different purposes. Main, or propulsion engines are used to turn the ship's propeller and move the ship through the water. . The fire room got its name from the days when ships burned coal to heat steam to drive the steam engines or turbines; the room was where the stokers spent their days shoveling coal continuously onto the grates under the ...

  6. Nuclear meltdown - Wikipedia

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    The term nuclear meltdown is not officially defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency [3] or by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. [4] It has been defined to mean the accidental melting of the core of a nuclear reactor, [5] however, and is in common usage a reference to the core's either complete or partial collapse.

  7. Implosion (mechanical process) - Wikipedia

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    Implosion is the collapse of an object into itself from a pressure differential or gravitational force. The opposite of explosion (which expands the volume), implosion reduces the volume occupied and concentrates matter and energy. Implosion involves a difference between internal (lower) and external (higher) pressure, or inward and outward ...

  8. Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    1965 Philippine Sea A-4 crash, where a Skyhawk attack aircraft with a nuclear weapon fell into the sea. [74] The pilot, the aircraft, and the B43 nuclear bomb were never recovered. [75] It was not until the 1980s that the Pentagon revealed the loss of the one-megaton bomb. [76]

  9. List of explosions - Wikipedia

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    Explosion at the furnace of a nickel processing plant inside the Morowali Industrial Park. [222] 26 December 2023 Liberia: Totota: 40 83 A fuel truck crashed and exploded while residents were collecting spilled fuel. [223] 17 January 2024 Thailand: Sala Khao, Suphan Buri province: 23 0 Explosion at a fireworks factory. [224] [225] 6 February ...