Talk:Boiler explosion
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Moved to article. --Dore chakravarty 07:55, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Removed the phrase "particularly to locomotive boilers." Boiler explosions happen to boilers, not to a particular type of boiler.
[edit] "Explosions" section
This section states that lower pressure causes water to boil rapidly, which in turn raises the pressure, resulting in an explosion. This is not possible. If the pressure drops, some water will boil. This addition of gas will raise the pressure, preventing the rest of the water from boiling; thus, no explosion will occur. Furthermore, the boiling water undergoes an endothermic conversion, which will lower the temperature and check the pressure of the gas. Pcu123456789 03:10, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- Pcu123456789: Your explanation of the situation seems correct, and well explained. I'm going to rv the whole edit – I just wanted my doubts about it put into words! ––Moonraker88 07:34, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- I endorse this; the original explanation was ingenious, but seems fallacious, and was not the root cause of most explosions. The idea may have some merit in explaining the large evolution of steam after a containment failure has already occurred. Strangely, Hewison noted that a similar incorrect theory circulated from the 1860's to the 1890's and was then finally disproved! Hyperman 42 00:43, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
