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(10 points) A producer of hydroxylamine (HA) has a warehouse containing 12.060kg of HA, which can decompose explosively under certain conditions (assume unconfined explosion). An

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(10 points) A producer of hydroxylamine (HA) has a warehouse containing 12.060kg of HA, which can decompose explosively under certain conditions (assume unconfined explosion). An experimentally measured value for the HA heat of decomposition is 430cal/gm. Assuming that this entire amount of HA explosively decomposes with an effect similar to a TNT detonation, estimate the explosion overpressure and structural damage at a plant building 50m from the exploding HA warehouse and a residential house at 500m distance. Using the prohit correlation, estimate the number of eardrum ruptures from the impact (as a percentage of the exposed people) at each distance

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