Reply #12: WIthout going into great detail, there was a huge explosion at a new

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aluminum plant in China a year or so back. A pipe burst and dumped water into molten aluminum. Mixing water and molten aluminum causes an incredible series of different types of explosion from simple steam spattering metal to release of hydrogen to explosion of hydrogen.

The explosion took out most of the plant and killed all the managers. The pipe that burst carried clear US certifications stamped alog its length.



It came from the Chinese steel mill down the road.