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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDItSUeykrA NYC Steam Explosion clip courtesy of Nick Parish (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SImhkapRuIs) Watch this video and the entire Practical Engineering catalog ad-free on Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/practical-engineering -Patreon: http://patreon.com/PracticalEngineering -Website: http://practical.engineering/ Marxist Arrow by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBlLC8TUXP0 Tonic and Energy by Elexive is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6fBPdu8w9U This video was sponsored by Skillshare.