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Re: Diesel Tank Explosion
Posted by:
SJAvato (IP Logged)
Date: July 01, 2008 05:49AM
Don't forget that, as the diesel fuel is being pumped / transferred, it is being mechanically agitated (frothed or foamed). That would tend to make it a more suitable fuel for ignition without a lot of pre-heating.
Steve