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| poboxdc@ix.netcom.com 2005-04-12, 11:47 am |
| These photos (3) taken in Gainesville, Texas today. I posted
them on news:alt.binaries.emerg-services.
Taken by a friend of mine.
KM
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| Alan Erskine 2005-04-12, 11:47 am |
| <poboxdc@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> These photos (3) taken in Gainesville, Texas today. I posted
> them on news:alt.binaries.emerg-services.
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> Taken by a friend of mine.
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> KM
What in the Blue Blazes happened? Obviously something to do with the
engine, but WOW! And brand new by the look of it.
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| "Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:BW16e.5949
> <poboxdc@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> What in the Blue Blazes happened? Obviously something to do with the
> engine, but WOW! And brand new by the look of it.
Don't you get huge fires when magnesium engine blocks catch alight?
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| Notan 2005-04-19, 10:49 am |
| "Liddle Feesh" wrote:
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> "Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:BW16e.5949
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> Don't you get huge fires when magnesium engine blocks catch alight?
Probably... If engine blocks were really 100% magnesium, and not magnesium
alloy.
Notan
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| "Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
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> Probably... If engine blocks were really 100% magnesium, and not magnesium
> alloy.
From what my contacts tell me;there's definately something with engine
blocks and gearboxes though...
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| Notan 2005-04-19, 10:49 am |
| "Liddle Feesh" wrote:
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> "Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
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> From what my contacts tell me;there's definately something with engine
> blocks and gearboxes though...
I'm still not clear as to what you're asking...
What do you mean, "there's something with engine blocks and gearboxes?"
Pure magnesium is *not* used in any (consumer) automobile parts.
Have a look at:
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/12.html
Notan
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| Alan Erskine 2005-04-19, 10:49 am |
| "Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
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> Pure magnesium is *not* used in any (consumer) automobile parts.
Magnesium is extremely vulnerable to corrosion - any contact with salt air
and 'pffft!'; it takes a matter of days for it to corrode.
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| Alan Erskine 2005-04-19, 10:49 am |
| "Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
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> Probably... If engine blocks were really 100% magnesium, and not magnesium
> alloy.
They still burn if they get hot enough and a car fire, with petrol
(gasoline) would be plenty hot enough.
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| Notan 2005-04-19, 10:49 am |
| Alan Erskine wrote:
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> "Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
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> They still burn if they get hot enough and a car fire, with petrol
> (gasoline) would be plenty hot enough.
Just pointing out that engine blocks are *not* made of magnesium.
Notan
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| Alan Erskine 2005-04-23, 8:54 am |
| "Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
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> Pure magnesium is *not* used in any (consumer) automobile parts.
Magnesium is extremely vulnerable to corrosion - any contact with salt air
and 'pffft!'; it takes a matter of days for it to corrode.
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| Alan Erskine 2005-04-23, 8:54 am |
| "Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
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> Probably... If engine blocks were really 100% magnesium, and not magnesium
> alloy.
They still burn if they get hot enough and a car fire, with petrol
(gasoline) would be plenty hot enough.
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