Floyd Rogers
No. The problem is that some people are willing to accept that the violent reaction that causes the expanding gases in the open is an explosion but that when the same thing happens within the engine it is something different.
Ignite liquid gasoline and you get a fire. Ignite black powder and you get a fire. Ignite plastic explosives and you get a fire. Ignite gasoline vapour, and you get an explosion. It's still a fire, but it burns so much faster that the violent nature of the reaction is an explosion, whether it is in the open, contained within a case that will hold the pressure until it exceeds the breaking point of the container, or inside an engine piston that harnesses the energy and transfers it to mechanical energy. It's still an explosion.
According to dictionary.com: #
1. A release of mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy in a sudden and often violent manner with the generation of high temperature and usually with the release of gases. 2. A violent bursting as a result of internal pressure. 3. The loud, sharp sound made as a result of either of these actions.
# A sudden, often vehement outburst: an explosion of rage. # A sudden, great increase: a population explosion; the explosion of illegal drug use.
See definition 1.
