That dude was extremely lucky
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Originally Posted by aerovette
Magnesium burns damn hot and is difficult to extinguish.
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It burns under water too. They showed that in science class in 7th grade.
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Originally Posted by Cybercowboy
Solid rocket motors have fuel made from butyl rubber, aluminum, and magnesium ground up to the consistency of course gravel. And it burns good.
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At my previous employer, I made the compressing "jack" that filled the solid rocket boosters with a wet slurry. The base plate was a piece of 8" thick steel plate that was 48" by 60" . That's over 6500 lbs just for that plate.
Once the booster were filled with the wet slurry, they were moved to building a few miles away from anything to dry.
Once they are lit/burning, the only way they go out is when they burn up all the fuel.
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Originally Posted by Lakota
Magnesium is a heavy metal and the only way to extinguish is with a "special Class D fire extinguisher" or dry sand. The Class D extinguisher or sand will act as a smothering agent on the metal fire.
Most fire extinguishers are Class A-B-C.
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We had a job where we had to weld magnesium. We were REQUIRED to have someone in the welding area with a Class D fire extinguisher ready to put out a fire when the welder was welding.