Re: Freeway collapse in Oakland (nDc)



On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:11:09 -0700, "Richard Morris"
<jrmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Avant Grape" <avantgrape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Joker wrote:
But...but...but...everyone knows gasoline fires arent' hot enough to
melt steel and deform concrete!!!



I made that same crack to my wife this morning. LOL Yeah, didn't you
know, steel has no melting point. #### Riiiiiight.

yeah ... uh, anyone who has used an acetylene cutting torch knows that you
warm steel with the acetylene, drop the oxygen on it and it *burns*, not
melts. The concept being that steel will not just melt, it will burn if you
get it hot enough.

R.


So if steel doesn't melt, then how do the get it in different shapes??
.



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