2016 Ford Super Duty prototype burns to the ground

BenK wrote:

Bedlam wrote:
In China there were recent fires/explosions where they manufacture/finish aluminum parts. Aluminum dust flying around is scarier than driving around in an aluminum can.

Aluminum dust is an ingredient of 'thermite' and any 'burnable' dust
is explosive. Ditto solid rocket fuel.

In my first career designing industrial controls...explosion proof
enclosures were required in the contract specifications

Not what you'd normally think...most were grain elevators, but the one
that got me was 'cement' plant and the dust was expolsive

That is what is tough to get through to folks who don't understand
thermal dynamics.

I've seen lots of vehicles burn and none of the aluminum bodied burned
like these photos show. There is something else going on with that
vehicle fire. That one photo posted showing the aluminum splashing or
even exploding indicates the fire was much hotter than gasoline/diesel
could fueled fire

Me thinks some sort of catalyst changing the chem structure that then
ignited a aluminum/magnesium burn. Once that ignition gets going, then
it's a self fueling (both burnable fuel...the aluminum/magnesium...and
the "SELF" oxygen generation component)

I'm guessing the "disguise" blanket helped the burn accelerate.