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To: maceng2 who wrote (10708)8/13/2000 4:24:12 PM
From: Spekulatius  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
Well,Pearl,not matter what the ignition source - once a fire is started and there is hydrogen around nothing can stop it.
hydrogen moves up quickly, that's true but it also needs to mix with air to burn. That is the reason why the Hindenburg did not explode. The Hindenburg would have exploded if the tanks would have been leaking for a while and the hydrogen would have been diluted with air to the point the mixture became explosive. This apparently was not what happened.
My basic statement is that once you have a fire, hydrogen will make it much worse.
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