An acquaintance of mine who is a big-shot at one of the leading
gas-supplying companies has been buying up all the methane resources
around the world he can for years now. It's such a cheap resource, it's
normally burned off as waste. They are convinced that methane, not
hydrogen, will fill that sector void...
Chris
Steve Laifman wrote:
> Scott,
>
> Discovery Channel, Myth Busters, claims that their extreme test would
> NOT ignite even when highly combustible thermite was over-loaded into
> the aluminum paint.
>
> That may be "common wisdom", but a reading of the referenced article,
> concluded that massive amounts of the pyrotechnic THERMITE, might have
> been a contributer, but the actual paint did not contain THERMITE.
>
> The hydrogen did burn when air was present. There were reports of some
> gas bags leaking into the interior spaces, mixing with the air. There
> might have been a static electricity discharge in the aft end of the
> interior, which would burn from rear to front.
>
> http://www.powerset.com/explore/semhtml/LZ_129_Hindenburg?query=Hindenburg
>
> I was a day when the air was charged with static electricity, and the landing
>cables were conductive.
>
> Food for thought, and it has been since May, 1937.
>
> Steve
>
> ___
> Steve Laifman
> Editor - TigersUnited.com
>
>
>
> Scott Hutchinson wrote:
>
>> I think the common wisdom is now that the silver nitrate (could have the
>exact compound wrong) in the fabric covering of the Hindenberg was what caused
>the fire and not the Hydrogen.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Scott Hutchinson
>> Director of Operations
>> Netjets Large Aircraft
>>
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