How Was the "Titanic" Exploded With Domino Effect

By Ivan Jilda

After a collision with the iceberg, sea water was penetrating the boiler room of Titanic. The ship raced to full power and the furnaces of the boiler rooms were loaded to capacity. Arriving sea water flooded the floor of the boiler room and reached the brim of the furnaces. Formed steam began passing through the hot coal. As water vapor reacts with the hot coal, it was obtained so called water gas. The water gas contains approximately 44% of CO, 45% H2, 5% CO2 and 6% Nitrogen. Both CO and H2 are flammable gases, that's why water gas is used as fuel. This gas provides more efficient heating fuel than the natural gas or coke gas. Water gas has no smell and color. If the volume of hydrogen to the volume of air is 0.4, the mixture is called explosive gas. However, if the concentration of hydrogen to the air reaches 4 - 9%, the mixture becomes dangerous. The accumulated mixture of combustible gas explodes with a small spark... The Titanic was exploded from inside with water gas!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Oct 5, 2017
• ISBN: 9781387276189

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How Was the "Titanic" Exploded With Domino Effect

How Was the Titanic Exploded With Domino Effect

Author: Ivan Jilda

Copyright © 2017 Ivan Batiashvili

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ISBN: 978-1-387-27618-9

General Scheme of Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest ship afloat at the time it entered service, the RMS Titanic was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

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Titanic was 269.06 m long with a maximum breadth of 28.19 m. Her total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 32 m. She measured 46,328 gross register tons and with a draught of 10.54 m, she displaced 52,310 tons.

The Boat Deck, on which the lifeboats were housed. The bridge and wheelhouse were at the forward end, in front of the captain's and officers' quarters.

A Deck extended along the entire 166 m length of the superstructure. It was reserved exclusively for First Class passengers, the First Class lounge, smoke room, reading and writing rooms and Palm Court.

B Deck was the top weight-bearing deck and the uppermost level of the hull. More First Class passenger accommodation was located here with six palatial staterooms featuring their own private promenades.

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