Fire Safety - Grain Silo Fires - Cool Science

Armed with safety glasses and a fire extinguisher, our science guy Steve Spangler takes us to the backyard as we look at some common mistakes to avoid when starting up the grill and what causes grain silo fires.
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[@johughes48]

Today's kids just see this as a new way to make a flamethrower now lmao

[@prescott231233]

Why is there no powder based combustion engine?

[@robertrismyhr]

particle remains that gets stuck in the mechanisms and will eventually seize it, atleast if you talk about a motor or something. also it would be much heavier for the ammount of energy it releases, gasoline fumes are what burns, not the liquid form, so you get more energy released per litre of liquid gasoline than a solid particle. or something along those lines at least, im no expert so.

[@telebeam6144]

Three years late, but the engine in your car kind of is a powder based combustion engine. Gasoline is aerosolized (sprayed into super tiny drops) in order to increase surface area and burn faster/more completely. Corn powder burns fast for the same reason.

[@agbram]

The people from the news come across like impatient, ignorant children; just let the scientist talk.