-=> Quoting Don Shoebridge to Lou Kiesling <=-
 LK>"Besides increasing the report, it gives a startlingly bright flash to 
he
 LK>explosion. Being unaffected by water, it is much safer than magnesium, 
ut
 LK>care must be used in handling it because, as previously mentioned, all 
fine
 LK>divided metals are liable to explode when in contact with oxygen 
roducing
 LK>chemicals."
 LK> It flashes.
 DS> "...contact with oxygen producing chemicals."  Or in other words,
 DS> mixed with something else.  I've seen Al dust used in explosive
 DS> mixtures before.  I'm just saying, I don't think a solid peice of Al
 DS> (in the form of a projectile) would do too much in the way of an
 DS> ignition/flash/explosion.  It may - I'm not sure.  I haven't tryed it
 DS> and/or seen it done before.
 Agreed.
... All generalizations are false.
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