Re: New Laws of Physics


"Bill Ward" <bward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.07.14.07.30.38.737622@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:07:04 -0700, hhc314 wrote:

On Jul 12, 7:57 pm, Don Lancaster <d...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hhc...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Don, just curious, have you ever heard of the use of gasoline on hay
smolders? Does it make sense?

Long ago, Harry, I heard a similar story from my father, but involving
smoldering cotton bales. Supposedly, water could not penetrate the bale
and displace the O2, while kerosene would snuff the fire without
difficulty.

I have no direct knowledge of how well it worked, but it seemed
non-controversial to others at the time. Later, I guessed the cotton may
have contained cottonseed oil, which would be lipophilic, and may not have
allowed water to wet it. I don't know whether anyone ever tried soapy
water.

Regards,

Bill Ward

Sort of. Fighting smouldering powder-river basin coal with water, is a
non-starter.
The stuff will float, and it just kinda kicks the sparking embers around
akin to water on an oil fire.
F-500 works much better on it, it's a typical water type extinguisher with a
"wetting agent", that facilitates the dust absorbing the water.

Just Google F-500 fire fighting or something similar.


K. Jones



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