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Stu Spelling Bee

Can high-pressure steam cut a body in half?

Posted - November 17, 2019
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  • 14795
    A body of ice most likely .....high pressure steam is invisible. :(  
      November 17, 2019 3:54 PM MST
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  • 34253
    Certainly if the pressure is high enough.
      November 17, 2019 4:09 PM MST
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  • 17593
    I've been told that people have lost fingers working with steam.  I have no first-hand knowledge of it though.
      November 17, 2019 6:06 PM MST
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  • 44607
    In the Navy, sailors have cut off body parts accidently by HP steam coming from pin-hole leaks.
      November 18, 2019 7:40 AM MST
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  • 14795
    High pressure water they use to cut through thick steel ....
      November 18, 2019 1:43 PM MST
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  • 44607
    Yep.
      November 18, 2019 1:58 PM MST
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  • 14795
    They use it in jets to....hehe 
      November 18, 2019 2:01 PM MST
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  • 7280
    https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2665/can-high-pressure-steam-cut-a-body-in-half/
      November 18, 2019 2:06 PM MST
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