steam explosion

collocation in English

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steam
noun[U]
uk
/stiːm/us
/stiːm/
the hot gas that is produced when ...
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explosion
noun
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/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
the fact of something such as a ...
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(Definition ofsteamandexplosionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is combined with hydroquinone and a catalyst to produce asteamexplosionin the chamber, which can be directed at a pursuing predator.
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First, there was asteamexplosionand thereafter an explosion caused by the release of hydrogen.
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In a nuclear meltdown, the most severe outcome of asteamexplosionis early containment failure.
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Thesteamexplosionresulting from such sudden corium-water contact can disperse the materials and form projectiles that may damage the containment vessel by impact.
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At some point, the pressure is too much, and asteamexplosionoccurs, throwing the earth out in a catastrophic event.
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They were formed over 21,000 years ago as the result of an undergroundsteamexplosion.
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The reactor chamber's 2000-ton lid was lifted by thesteamexplosion.
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The heat created by lightning currents traveling through a tree may vaporize its sap, causing asteamexplosionthat bursts the trunk.
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Steam vents were reported active at the slide source for three years, leading to speculation that the event was started with a smallsteamexplosion.
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A dangeroussteamexplosioncan also be created when liquid water encounters hot, molten metal.
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To date, the available pretreatment techniques include acid hydrolysis,steamexplosion, ammonia fiber expansion, organosolve, sulfite pretreatment, alkaline wet oxidation and ozone pretreatment.
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Water must be periodically added to the bath, with proper controls to prevent asteamexplosion.
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A third hypothesis was that the explosion was a secondsteamexplosion.
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When a pressurized container such as the waterside of a steam boiler ruptures, it is always followed by some degree ofsteamexplosion.
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Mixing water with thermite or pouring water onto burning thermite can cause asteamexplosion, spraying hot fragments in all directions.
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If the molten stream of core materials breaks up rapidly in water, there is also a possibility of asteamexplosion.
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Pressure vessels, such as pressurized water (nuclear) reactors, that operate above atmospheric pressure can also provide the conditions for asteamexplosion.
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Asteamexplosionoccurred when the extreme overheating of the core caused water to flash into steam.
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If the autoclave is opened in this state and the superheated water is disturbed, asteamexplosionbecomes possible.
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