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_whiteCaps_yesterday at 11:40 PM1 replyview on HN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGWmONHipVo

MythBusters have a good BLEVE episode. Apparently Adam Savage's favourite explosion.


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dralleytoday at 12:35 AM

Typically BLEVE is used in a petrochemical context, where the hot "boiling liquid, expanding vapor" ignites on contact with oxygen.

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