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Metal Manufacturing Plant Explosion in Ohio

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metal dust explosion?

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More likely a cooling water leak in a melting furnace and a steam explosion.
I have seen these take out natural gas lines and create some real disasters.

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Agree with Ed. Doesn’t take much water to create an explosion in molten aluminum.
 
Could be... but I think the expansion of the water into steam would be pretty impressive.

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A molten magnesium explosion is even more impressive.

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i am get flash back to wet steam tables and entropy enthalpy thermo....

Going to have beer.. LU decomp of stiffness matrix's might surface next.. and some pervert will start talking about naiver stokes!!!
 
From the latest update, it appears that at least one person was killed in the explosion:

One Dead, 13 Others Hospitalized After Explosion At Ohio Metal Plant

Several cars were seen crushed by flying debris outside the Bedford foundry, located southeast of Cleveland.



John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
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UG/NX Museum:

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It's finding someone you can't live without
 
It blew a brick wall out of the building.
These guys do Cu and brass I believe.
Big mess to clean up.

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