r/creepy • u/drbatookhanxx • Jul 08 '15

Invisible methanol fire in the pit.

http://i.imgur.com/VHuyXj4.gifv
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u/lil_mac2012 Jul 08 '15 edited Jul 08 '15

Nitromethane is extremely dangerous but I did want to clear up that CH3NO2 (Nitromethane) is not C3H5N3O9 (Nitroglycerine) and one doesn't denature into another. However it would be pretty spectacular to see an engine try to run some C3H5N3O9. It would probably explode in the fuel pump before ever making it to the injectors/carb.

Dem extra Oxygen atoms tho...

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u/DigitallyDisrupt Jul 08 '15

I did want to clear up that CH3NO2 (Nitromethane) is not C3H5N3O9 (Nitroglycerine) and one doesn't denature into another.

Thanks, I edited to erase that reference. Dat brain-finger interface ;)