On 9 Dec 2004 01:43:57 -0800,
wrote:
You know, you may be on to something, Hmmm,, wonder if it works wet? I
wonder if it can be made non explosive so it could be sold at 7-11 type
stores, different burn rates, one for the oven, the other for boiling
water, another for the grill.
If you get bored on that crossing, make little animals out of
it....:-P
Can you tell I'm not getting enough sleep?
Lee308

it works wet, it works underwater, *but* (you knew this was coming) if
you compress it, by say, stomping on it to put it out, or such, it may
detonate. What you are doing is a slow burn, and the stuff is *mostly*
safe that way. Mostly.

Doubt it would boil a liter of water in 30sec, that seems more heat than
I recall from combustion of C4, but it does burn about as hot as those
solid fuel tabs you can get at camping stores. (chemically, it's not far
off of the triox tabs IIRC)

JAXAshby wrote:
propane camping stoves have *substantially* higher heat output than
propane
marine stoves, which have about the same heat output per minute as an
Origo
stove.

FWIW, a golf ball size clump of C-4 plastic explosive burned under a
pot will
boil a liter of water in about 30 seconds, but I wouldn't recommend
as a marine
stove.
(snip)



--
Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
Q: What's a WASP's idea of open-mindedness?
A: Dating a Canadian.

many times I boiled a 24 oz canteen cup of water to make c-rat coffee and do it
about 20 - 25 seconds. That stuff burns way too hot to cook food with.

it works wet, it works underwater, *but* (you knew this was coming) if
you compress it, by say, stomping on it to put it out, or such, it may
detonate. What you are doing is a slow burn, and the stuff is *mostly*
safe that way. Mostly.

Doubt it would boil a liter of water in 30sec, that seems more heat than
I recall from combustion of C4, but it does burn about as hot as those
solid fuel tabs you can get at camping stores. (chemically, it's not far
off of the triox tabs IIRC)

JAXAshby wrote:
propane camping stoves have *substantially* higher heat output than
propane
marine stoves, which have about the same heat output per minute as an
Origo
stove.

FWIW, a golf ball size clump of C-4 plastic explosive burned under a
pot will
boil a liter of water in about 30 seconds, but I wouldn't recommend
as a marine
stove.
(snip)



--
Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
Q: What's a WASP's idea of open-mindedness?
A: Dating a Canadian.