Does BG explode or implode when burned?
A. BG in an enclosed area will explode, then implode. In an enclosed area, it requires a very exact situation (nearly impossible to achieve) to implode without an initial explosion. In an enclosed area, the ‘burn’ goes to detonation velocities (explosion about 5000 meters/sec). During the ‘burn’ or explosion, the BG turns back into water; with a net reduction in volume of 1860 times. The near instant volume reduction causes a vacuum so fast that we label it an ‘implosion’. The net result of the explosion-implosion is a vacuum. BG burning in open air (exposed flame) burns at ‘burn velocity’ of about 7 meters/sec. Since the net result of BG burning is a vacuum, you have a long narrow flame (it makes a tunnel in the air). As long as the gas is coming out of the torch faster than the flame is burning back to the torch, the flame won’t go into the torch. If the flame goes into the torch, it will be in an enclosed area and the burn will accelerate to detonation velocities; resulting in a ‘ba
