Re: wet coal and the water car myth
- From: Salmon Egg <salmonegg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:18:24 -0700
On 6/26/07 6:17 AM, in article f5r3km$erf$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Richard
Schultz" <schultr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That is not the reason. For many grades of coal, wetting the coal
is exothermic (i.e. produces heat), which makes it easier to light the
rest. There have been cases where coal in storage has caught fire because
it got wet, and the wetting released enough heat to set the coal on fire
spontaneously.
So what is the reaction?
Bill
-- Support the troops. Impeach Bush. Oh, I forgot about Cheney.
.
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