Fun fact: Explosions are nothing more than an object getting very hot very fast.

@freemo It doesn't sound right. Say, NI3 explosion doesn't change the kinetic energy of involved atoms much (and actually cools them), it just rearranges a dense solid into similarly dense gas that then expands.

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@L29Ah As I said before, there are a few edge cases to this. Notably high pressure chambers that blow.

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