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[tesco samoa]

you guys should go argue on irc sometime.

So now I am back on... And every game is due.

Sugar.

[geoschmo]

Yes, the Hindenburg was the hydrogen blimp that blew up. The Lindenburg was the giant blimp filled with moldy cheeze. (See how I tied all the threads together with that comment? ain't I clever? )

[Geckomlis]

Took me awhile to relocate this article:

"The Hindenburg was covered with a cotton fabric that had been swabbed with a doping compound to protect and strengthen it. Unfortunately, the doping compound contained a cellulose acetate or nitrate (used in gunpowder). This compound was followed by a coating of aluminum powder (which is used in rocket fuel). Additionally, the structure was held together using wood spacers and ramie cord; the furnishings were make of silk and other fabrics; and the skeleton itself was duralumin coated with lacquer. Added together, all of these made the craft itself highly flammable. In DiChristina's article, Bain was quoted as saying that perhaps "... the moral of the story is, don't paint your airship with rocket fuel."
http://www.esdjournal.com/articles/blame.htm

Gecko

[ May 30, 2003, 19:37: Message edited by: geckomlis ]

[Fyron]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
you guys should go argue on irc sometime.

I second that motion! And since only Tesco and I are there, the vote passes! You all need to drop by #se4 on gamesnet IRC network. You have no choice now!

Originally posted by tbontob:
Last time I heard, hydrogen in a confined space with oxygen is extremely explosive.

And you do get water or rather water vapour:

2H2 + O2 = 2H2O

if I remember my chemistry of many years ago.

It is explosive, yes. But not really so explosive to be more worried about hydrogen than other gases and liquids running through pipes (save things like water that don't combust ).

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Fryon: and release a bit of heat, just incidently.

At the least it would be a heck of a lot more expensive to repair, heh.

But not so much heat to be a great risk over other things running through pipes.

Yes, Hydrogen combines with Oxygen to make water and release heat. If you have ever held a match near gasoline you may have noticed that gasoline tends to do the same sort of thing... (making water and carbon dioxide in this case). Fyron is still correct when noting

And I am still correct in the first part of my statement. I never said that hydrogen was not explosive, just that it is not as dangerous as many people erroneously believe it to be.

ain't I clever? )

Nope!

[ May 30, 2003, 19:49: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[tesco samoa]

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Anyone else gettign this error when they start a new topic

[Fyron]

Started happening around 1 PM PST yesterday (may 29).

[tbontob]

Fyron, if hydrogen is as safe as you say it is, I challenge you to go into a large enclosed chamber filled with hydrogen and oxygen and generate a electrical spark.

I don't think you would do it. I certainly wouldn't.

But yes, hydrogen is less dangerous if it is not in an enclose space and is not mixed with oxygen.

In fact hydrogen alone or mixed with an inert gas is no danger at all. In those conditions, I would not be concerned with generating an electrical spark. So change the conditions and hydrogen's dangerosity changes.

So, it all depends upon the conditions.