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There used to be a product called "Explosafe" which was an aluminum material -- some sort of shredded aluminum or thick aluminum wool or something like that -- which did exactly what you described.  It kept gasoline from being splashed around in a crash.  It would still let the gas out, just not all at once.

Don't know if it is still available (a web search maybe?) but I thought Aircraft Spruce carried it in the old days.  Maybe someone there knows about it.

Let us know what you find.

- Rob Wolf

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