 Aerogel Cannon
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Bored Chemist
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Joined: Fri Feb 17 2006, 07:04AM
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The adiabatic flame temperature for H2 + O2 is about 3100K. You won't get that but it is about the right ballpark for what to expect and it's a definite maximum. That means the pressure will rise about 10.5 fold due to heating.
2H2 + O2 --> 2 H2O so the volume falls by about 1.5 to 1.
Overall you would generate about 104PSI.
Another aspect of this is that the gas mixture will diffuse into the aerogel so that will get heated to a fair fraction of the 3100K. How hot does it melt?
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