Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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A few things that can go very wrong when you put steam in a pipe...

Last month we talked about the damaging effects of water hammer, but there’s another state of H2O equally if not more dangerous when put in pipes. Today on Practical Engineering we’re talking about steam hammer and differential shock.

Nick Moore's Steam Hammer Video: youtube.com/watch?v=bDItSUeykrA

NYC Steam Explosion clip courtesy of Nick Parish (youtube.com/watch?v=SImhkapRuIs)

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