The SR-71 is made of titanium, and has a skin temperature of 600 F.
but then again, burning car/truck tires are nearly impossible to put out (esp. if burning in bigger numbers) … yet I have the feeling that they are pretty normal goods (transportation wise, that is).
quote from wikipedia (bolding mine):
Tire fires are events that involve the combustion of large quantities of tires, typically in locations where they are stored, dumped, or processed. They exist in two forms: as fast-burning events, leading to almost immediate loss of control, and as slow-burning pyrolysis which can continue for over a decade.
The SR-71 is made of titanium, and has a skin temperature of 600 F.
generally not …
I’d even venture a guess that the 71s had over 99+% of their lifespan a temperature that was pretty much in line with their environment - and quite a bit lower thatn 600F
As anyone who pays attention to the Simpsons opening can attest: “estd. 1989”
Regarding the use of titanium, don’t know if this applies to why Tesla has a shield made with it below the battery, but one reason titanium alloys are used for missile nosecones is that the alloys retain their mechanical strength up to nearly their melting temperature, which might be a good thing if the battery does catch fire.
Given the ship’s location you might want to go for a Lotus instead.
Been working in the field for 30 years and never heard of this. Grain ships don’t catch fire too often because grain isn’t highly flammable and there aren’t usually any sources of ignition. Smouldering fires in ship holds carrying grain do occur from time to time
That ship is carrying my spring Porsche order. Which means I have to drive my winter Porsche until the summer car arrives. I may have to start flying them over.
I thought flying cars were still a dream.
The grain isn’t the source of ignition: the methane is. Grain silos are flooded with nitrogen. Barns aren’t, but if the hay is stacked too tight to let the methane vent, it can ignite.
Methane is flammable but not a source of ignition. Cargo holds are not silos. They are vented.
You are right about venting vs nitrogen in transport vs storage. And I was incorrect IRT ignition: the methane is the fuel. The ignition is a spark, or even the heat from the methane developing compressed as the grain or silage decomposes. The third leg of the fire triangle is O2, unless the fuel is titanium.
Then there’s the amazing topic of combustible dust. Plenty of videos on the Chemical Safety Board’s YouTube channel.
Update:
The fire is (presumably) out now
Why is the fire out now? Because the boat got flooded with water.
How did the boat get flooded with water? It sank this morning.
We really need to bring back the old /smack/ emoticon from the old vBulliten boards.
I’m beginning to doubt the recoverability of those cars.
Just one of them cost $123,000.
Who’s the cheapskate?
Good thing the ship wasn’t in the Suez Canal.
Stupid pedantic point- The Vikings didn’t have a funeral when the dude was put in a boat, set adrift and set afire. They did sometime bury someone in a boat.
One traveler mentions seeing the Rus have such a funeral once. The Rus were sorta related to the Norse.
And the Romans didn’t use little tubes that shot out little colorful balls of decorative fire, but I’m pretty sure you know what I mean when I say “Roman Candle”.
