The trick with explosives
Posted on | May 1, 2010 | No Comments
The trick involved with explosives is how to make them safe and useful. As you probably already know there are explosives of varying sizes in use all around us if you know where to look. The most useful and common type of explosions that are within a foot or less of every day is right under the hood of our car. All diesel and unleaded vehicles produce thousands of explosives every minute. This concept was first thought up with steam which is just as powerful as a combustion engine under the right conditions. Also, pneumatic thermostats can be considered a minuscule explosive. These types of explosives are vastly applicable and contain zero danger. The more powerful explosives such as almost anything that uses a chemical reaction are meant only to destroy. This is useful in its own way however it is more of a challenge to build something then destroy it. Another type of explosion is the one of the firearm. This can be safe as long as you use proper safety precautions.
Using the same method as the firearm I built a couple of toys. Since high pressure isn’t created in a firearm unless the barrel is obstructed the same concept applies to the toys. However no matter how you look at it anything that fires a projectile of any substance has the potential to be dangerous and even deadly if not handled properly. One of the safer and more fun items to build would be a potato gun. These are so much fun when handled in a safe manner and will provide hours of fun and a deeper understanding as to how explosives are used and handled safely. Especially if you build it yourself.
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