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Analysis of Explosion Energy related to the Cause of Tianjin Explosion Accident in China  

Kwon, Sangki (인하대학교 에너지자원공학과)
Kim, Ha Yung (인하대학교 에너지자원공학과)
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Explosives and Blasting / v.34, no.1, 2016 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
On August 12, 2015, two huge explosions were accidently happened in Tianjin port, China. The explosion energies of the two explosions were similar to those of TNT 3 tons and TNT 21 tons. Until now, the cause of the explosions was not clearly announced but some guesses of the cause were released. One of the possible cause of the explosion is the generation of explosive acetylene gas from the chemical reaction between $CaC_2$ and spraying water to extinguish fire happened at the storage site of different chemical compounds. The explosion of acetylene gas might ignite the explosion of 800 tons of ammonium nitrate. In this study, the explosion due to the scenario was analyzed in order to check that such a chemical reaction can produce the huge explosion observed at the Tianjin accident.
Keywords
Tianjin explosion; TNT; Ammonium nitrate; Acetylene gas;
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