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Was anyone else as stupid as me and empty a sachet of 'non dairy whitener' over a lit hexy?
All my coffee and tea was taken black after doing that - there's no way something that reacts that violently to flame was going in my stomach!

 

[Ryan Woods]

Its just because its powder... heard same thing happens to flour... Afaik

 

[weekend_warrior]

Flour mill explosions weren't that uncommon. see the attached link.. Dust Explosions

I did a little experiment years ago with a length of hose, a large biscuit tin, some flour, a funnel and a nightlight candle - Bang!

 

[Toddy]

Heard somewhere that the most explosive is Lycopodium powder.
http://www.angelo.edu/faculty/kboudrea/demos/lycopodium/lycopodium.htm
Under normal conditions it won't even burn......unlike the dried milk

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[weekend_warrior]

That's pretty much my experiment, 'cept i blew the flour over a candle inside the tin. Made a lovely pop and demonstrates the Grain Elevator Fire cause very well.

 

[bogflogger]

Flour Mill Fires, or any other powder process factory fires, are the ones that Fire Brigades Dread. I remember the Hovis flour mill at Battersea, on the river Thames, burnt for more than18hrs, with repeated glass shattering explosions!
Do not underestimate the explosive power of airborne particles!

 

[AJB]

Yep – good in it! Didn’t you do the exploding custard powder experiment at school?

 

[ozzy1977]

I remember a science teacher blowing up tin cans with custard powder, great fun

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

my teacher at school blew a hole in the false celing with the custard powder in a can trick