2007-02-16 12:30:40 · 4 answers · asked by james s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
It has pressure applied to the surface area of the bottle before it explodes. That is force. When it explodes, it releases energy, which is not the same thing as force. How much energy it releases depends on the size of the bottle and the amount of acetylene that was in it, plus whether the acetylene burns and how completely it burns. There are too many unknowns in the question to determine how much force would be exerted against the things around the bottle. If the bottle exploded in empty space, no force would be applied to anything.
2007-02-16 16:31:09 · answer #1 · answered by PoppaJ 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They don' exactly explode in the chemical sense of the acetylene blowing up, but sometimes they do brake off their top valves, and as another contributor wrote, they become fantastic rocket engines for a few seconds. In industry, all the bottles are placed in a rack and chained upright so they can't fall.
2007-02-20 05:08:03 · answer #2 · answered by ZORCH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess that would depend on the bottle now wouldnt it? Maybe youll have an easier time searching for the force it takes to burst an Oxygen as they are slightly more common.
2007-02-17 01:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by bigalexe 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't know the scientific answer, but I witnessed one shoot through the roof of a flaming garage, shoot next door and go through the roof of the neighbors house......
2007-02-16 20:40:00 · answer #4 · answered by Amy 911 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋