Re: Trash-Bot

[Rich Grise <richgrise@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:57:24 -0500, Phil Hobbs wrote:

> Tim Williams wrote:
>> "Phil Hobbs" <pcdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:43D12996.50808@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>  C'mon, guys, all this stuff is _way_ too complicated.  It's not the
>>>_robot_ you need to place accurately, it's the _trash_.  I recommend
>>>using Kevlar-reinforced bags, an extra-heavy-duty trash can, a bit of
>>>silicon carbide and water, and a spark plug--ta-daa! the Trash Cannon.
>>
>>   ^ ^ ^ ^
>>
>> SiC + 2H2O > SiO2(passivates) + CH4
>> (with some insane activation energy around white heat, I'm sure)
>>
>> Wrong carbide ;-)
>
> My bad.   Safest cannon on the block, though.  How about nitrogen
> tri-iodide?
>

CaC2 + H2O => C2H2 + CaO

C2H2 + 4O2 => 2CO2 + 2H2O + boom! ;-)

Cheers!
Rich