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Oxygen does not explode. It promotes burning. If your grandfather was on oxygen and his clothes were saturated they would not explode. However if he got a spark on his shirt it would be more likely to ignite. If it did light, it would burn at an extreme rate. Just like if you blow normal air through a fire to make it burn hotter, pure oxygen will make it burn hotter and faster.

RE Factor is the info you need. You'll have to look up the explosive filler for whatever hand grenade. Should be able to figure it out from there. Here's a link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_effectiveness_factor

EXACTLY!

Oxygen is an oxidizer, and not flamable, but under pressure a tank will explode given an ignition source because of the concentration of oxygen and the hydrocarbons near the tank.

I know a guy who had two pounds of 3f that got wet. After drying for two years he decided to burn it to get rid of it. He threw a whole book of matches on the two pound pile watching the matches burn on top of the pile. With no luck he went inside to get more fire. While inside he got a belly ache and had to make poo. Once done he grabbed a lighter and went back to the pile of powder with a new plan make a trail like in the movies light it it will burn to the pile and puff gone. But reaching into that pile with those smoldering matches on top was a bad idea I spent 6 hr in the ER and a week cleaning the burns. Funny now then not so much.

Hydrocarbons is a fuel source, a fuel soure combined with oxygen and a heat source will most certainly, but not oxygen alone and that was/is the pont.

JWP you flat out said an O2 Tank would not explode, you are full of it. Oxygen is not flammable or explosive by itself but a tank will explode and many have.

You can sit here and argue all night long about oxygen not being flammable and the atmosphere not exploding and a lot of people will agree with you, because you are right. But you are flat out wrong on a tank not exploding.

Yep you owe him an apology be a man say SoORY

This is what it is all about

. They were talking about shooting them.

In that context you think I am wrong? A hole shot into the tank and the product escaping under pressure does not explode or burn. He had a fire and that has to include a fuel source.

No freddy I do not owe an apology.

Your are a stubborn old fart for sure bet you x wife is the most patient person alive. JUST ADMIT YOUR WRONG SAY SORRY AND LET IT GO.

This may have already been addressed but the air we breathe is 90% plus nitrogen and the balance oxygen and trace gasses. A fairly benign mixture.

There has to be a fuel source for this to happens.

A fuel source can be introduced in a number of ways, doesn't change the fact that the tank exploded. It doesn't matter how it exploded it still exploded which you said doesn't happen.

Go to YouTube and look up exploding O2 tanks... lots of explosions to watch.

KMA I ain't wrong

That was not the claim. Read it all

Read the post above in its entirety. Quotes and all

Stop stomping your feet and say sorry. It's easy once you admit to your self your were wrong.



BUSHMILLS PEACE OUT.

You are a piece of work Freddy.

A guy me told once that he stored several pounds of black powder inside his gun safe.
He hoped that a burglar might use a cutting torch to open the safe.

Many years ago the editor of Gun World (IIRC) wrote about such an event happening. The guy had gone on a really long vacation and had stored his guns at a friends. On a lark he place his powders inside his safe. Soon to be deceased thief knew he was gone, broke in and borrowed his cutting torch.

The only bad news was a LOT of damage to the house.