deflagration spoon
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deflagrating spoon — noun or deflagration spoon : a spoon with a long vertical handle used in deflagration experiments … Useful english dictionary
combustion spoon — noun : deflagration spoon … Useful english dictionary
deflagrating spoon — noun A long handled spoon with a cover, lowered into a glass vessel filled with a gas to demonstrate deflagration. A piece of metal (sodium) of the size of a pea is placed in a deflagrating spoon, and heated in the blowpipe flame to redness.… … Wiktionary
deflagrate — verb /ˈdɛfləɡɹeɪt/ To burn with intense light and heat. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction. Ant: detonate See Also: deflagrating spoon, deflagration … Wiktionary
deflagrant — adjective That burns with intense light and heat. Gunpowder is a deflagrant (ie rapidly burning) mixture of a solid fuel such as charcoal with a solid oxidising agent the only one available up to the late 18th century was saltpetre. See Also:… … Wiktionary
