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TheChemistAstronaut t1_jbnzpt8 wrote

Reply to comment by Own_Win6000 in When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood (2023) the lapd mishandles a ton of fireworks [00:18:50] by Oh_Fuck_Naw

But the chemistry does, lol

Different stuff explodes with different energy. You're telling me however many tons of fertilizer bomb would explode the same as the same amount of fireworks?

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thunder_blue t1_jbo0767 wrote

No, they're telling you that the explosive force is the same in both cases. '45 lbs' is a description of the force, not the weight of the bomb/fireworks.

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mrgonzalez t1_jbo44bh wrote

The original quote was on the weight of fireworks.

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turnpot t1_jbpgvwg wrote

This is incorrect. First of all, the force from the fireworks is not measured in pounds; even if you're talking about the shock wave, the peak force from that at a given point would be measured in psi (pressure), and would vary wildly depending on where you measured it

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Own_Win6000 t1_jbo157n wrote

Did you get your Chem BS from the university of phoenix?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT_equivalent

Ahahaha he blocked me - every redditors favorite way to win an argument

I’ll always miss you /u/thechemistastronaut

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TheChemistAstronaut t1_jbo2hsd wrote

Resorting to a personal attack, which is also just misguided (which chem BS teaches about explosive TNT equivalent measurements lol?) and linking Wikipedia instead of an actual source relevant to the situation at hand. Instead of being constructive you're just trying to inflate your own ego.

I suggest going and reading the (more relevant) LAPD 27th St After Action Report, LAPD 716 E. 27th Street AAR, and ATF Final TCV Report on the incident, which I did prior to commenting.

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CowMetrics t1_jbp7k51 wrote

Not to mention each forework is in its own compartmentalized container. Taking far longer for them all to go off than if they were all ‘disassembled’ and put into a singular container. And then one that could partially contain the blast until everything was lit. Not all explosives are the same, they have different expansion and mechanisms of which to go off

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