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re: Explosions heard in BR
Posted on 7/14/23 at 9:48 pm to killinme_smalls
Posted on 7/14/23 at 9:48 pm to killinme_smalls
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Glycol 2 unit.
I have no knowledge of that plant or if it’s the unit on fire, but glycol is usually produced using ethylene oxide. Vapor is heavier than air so it will collect in containment berms and find an ignition source. Highly flammable and doesn’t need oxygen to burn.
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Posted on 7/14/23 at 10:34 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
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I have no knowledge of that plant or if it’s the unit on fire, but glycol is usually produced using ethylene oxide. Vapor is heavier than air so it will collect in containment berms and find an ignition source. Highly flammable and doesn’t need oxygen to burn.
What results from it burning?
Hopefully not something that will get carried by the wind.
Posted on 7/14/23 at 11:48 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
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... ethylene oxide... Highly flammable and doesn’t need oxygen to burn.
What you said is corect in that everyone knows what you mean but it makes my OCD do backflips.
Ethylene oxide doesn't need supplemental oxygen to burn because it hauls its oxidizer around with it on a weak bond in its molecule. It has a 2 carbon 1 oxygen ring that due to its acute bond angles is highly reactive because of the strain on the oxygen bonds. The oxygen atom desperately wants to break away and in this case, provide the oxidizer for a conflagration.
But, yes, in the common parlance of the day it can burn without oxygen.
OCD off, or at least muted.
Posted on 7/15/23 at 1:51 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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ethylene oxide
quote:So do we think it was EO that exploded? Or something else exploded near where Dow has EO stored above ground?
Highly flammable and doesn’t need oxygen to burn
I've heard several estimates about how much EO they have stored and the damage it could cause, usually something like it would completely level a 5 mile radius or redirect the river. This sounds completely absurd, nuke destruction.
Can anyone confirm or debunk?
This post was edited on 7/15/23 at 1:55 am
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