Okay, so this isn't a video of a Powder shoot but it is a video showing someone being irresponsible with a flame while powder is applied to a 25-year-old man.
In Denmark they have a tradition about showering anyone who hasn't got married by their 25 birthday with cinnamon, this time it went horribly wrong.
(Note though, the person shown in the video is actually doing fine with no serious injury.....amazingly!
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5b9_1500744035
Evaair said
what type of powders are flammable
This phenomenon is very well know, for many years, and accounted for in industrial processes. Dust explosions can occur with almost any finely divided particles (dust) of combustible substances in the 'right' circumstances.
Explosions can be triggered by static electricity sparks or flame sources.
Evaair said
what type of powders are flammable
Flour is the obvious one - and people do flour shoots!
Google exploding flour for videos.
Evaair said
what type of powders are flammable
Anything organic, I'd think.
MidgePhoto said
Evaair said
what type of powders are flammable
Anything organic, I'd think.
Not only organic. Try aluminium or magnesium powder!
DJ200 said
mph said
Evaair said
what type of powders are flammable
Flour is the obvious one - and people do flour shoots!Google exploding flour for videos.
And cinnamon evidently... :)Edited by DJ200
I guess more photographers think of doing a flour shoot than a cinnamon shoot! ;)
(how much is cinnamon?) ;)
You don't need a naked flame at all for this to happen. Static electricity does this so it can happen spontaneously. I've heard it happen with talcom power in big quantities and flour is a common example in industry because of the large quantities and static charge that build up.
Thought this was common knowledge, it definitely in GCSE Science as I remember it vividly.
mph said
DJ200 said
mph said
Evaair said
what type of powders are flammable
Flour is the obvious one - and people do flour shoots!Google exploding flour for videos.
And cinnamon evidently... :)Edited by DJ200
I guess more photographers think of doing a flour shoot than a cinnamon shoot! ;)(how much is cinnamon?) ;)
Not a bad price really..
JasonVB said
Thought this was common knowledge, it definitely in GCSE Science as I remember it vividly.
Reading the first reply, apparently not?
RealityImaging said
Note though, the person shown in the video is actually doing fine with no serious injury
Becky Kvittems said
I can't Unsee that
Can you put a warning on these things in future
:/
Isn't that warning enough ?
Becky Kvittems said
I can't Unsee that
Can you put a warning on these things in future
:/
It does say "Graphic Example" in the title?
Years ago when I worked in the paper industry, I was blown off my feet when a static cable come adrift from a tanker as it was filling a silo with corn flour.
The explosion was huge and although outside, still caused a lot of damage. I was lucky in that I was standing around 20 feet away. The tanker driver was not so lucky and suffered 2nd degree burns. This is the reason I will never ever do a flour related shoot as I have witnessed first hand on what the outcome could be.
It takes just one spark.
