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33. Gasoline burns hot.

Mon Jun 12, 2023, 10:30 AM

Jun 2023

The flame temperature of gasoline combustion can reach up to approximately 1,950 degrees Celsius (3,542 degrees F)
That is plenty hot enough to cause steel under load to fail. Carbon Steel melts at: 1425-1540°C (2597-2800°F)

The science of making steel and the heat treatment of steel is black magic. You can make steel very hard and brittle or you can draw it down and make it less hard but very tough and strong. Exactly what the engineer wants will be specified on the prints. If you forge steel it also will be very tough. Heat treatment changes the atoms in the steel at the atomic level. A lot of heat treatment is done with controlled flame.
Heat treatment of metal it is kinda interesting.

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Live: Truck fire causes I-95 collapse in Northeast Philadelphia [View all] brooklynite Jun 2023 OP

O.O BigOleDummy Jun 2023 #1

Yes. Hotter than the fires of the World Trade Towers sanatanadharma Jun 2023 #4

It is a surprisingly low heat that will compromise the strength of steel The Jungle 1 Jun 2023 #15

ABC evening news said gasoline KS Toronado Jun 2023 #32

Gasoline burns hot. The Jungle 1 Jun 2023 #33

You seem very knowledgeable about steel KS Toronado Jun 2023 #34

Wow, I also spent many years in the aircraft industry. The Jungle 1 Jun 2023 #35

You put heat on something with thousands of tons above it, and you only need slight deflection. TheBlackAdder Jun 2023 #19

LOL DENVERPOPS Jun 2023 #23

And now Republickscum are actively recommending Good Ol' Wildfire Smoke Grokenstein Jun 2023 #25

Oof UpInArms Jun 2023 #2

. dalton99a Jun 2023 #3

Yeah....they're going to need some duct tape. LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 #30

Wonder what the truck was carrying? KewlKat Jun 2023 #5

Any Combustible Liquud Could Do This ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #13

The video at the OP link says not just 'truck', but 'tanker' (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2023 #21

8500 gallons of gasoline Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2023 #27

That would do it. A few years ago there was a trucker who fell asleep at the wheel and went off an KewlKat Jun 2023 #29

👇👇👇👁️👁️ Goonch Jun 2023 #6

I got an alert text on this just after 9 am EDT BumRushDaShow Jun 2023 #7

Wow. I'm a big fan of the 911 shows on Hulu, so this was.. ananda Jun 2023 #8

Which shows? nt intrepidity Jun 2023 #9

911 and 911 Lone Star ananda Jun 2023 #18

Domestic terrorism? Just askin........ machoneman Jun 2023 #10

That was my first thought Tumbulu Jun 2023 #11

It's too early to speculate, plimsoll Jun 2023 #14

Why? brooklynite Jun 2023 #16

Not many easy ways on the PA side now, so the WWBridge and I-295 will get hit hard. TheBlackAdder Jun 2023 #20

You obviously don't live in the greater Philly area... Wuddles440 Jun 2023 #24

Wow! ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #12

Reminds me a bit of what happened with the Bay Bridge in 2007. They got it fixed in a month. RockRaven Jun 2023 #17

This isn't too far from where Deminpenn Jun 2023 #22

Wonder if the driver is alive, and if so, whether they're questioning him. Nothing here about that. ancianita Jun 2023 #26

Dead; body found today. brooklynite Jun 2023 #36

Thanks. ancianita Jun 2023 #37

Tanker truck wrecks can be very dangerous IronLionZion Jun 2023 #28

At least there are somewhat reasonable ways for people to get around it. cstanleytech Jun 2023 #31

Backfill the side that didn't collapse eringer Jun 2023 #38