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GDXJ 121.29

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Feb 5 4:00 PM EST

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To: E. Charters who wrote (83971)	3/30/2002 10:06:59 AM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (4) of 116972

There is nothing wrong with a government hoarding a bit of a commodity. It may be iron, or salt or platinum, or any of the 90 elements or combinations therof of value. Hydrogen gas would do. No, hydrogen gas won't do! Because it is colorless and odorless and imperceptible except when lit in air when it would then give you a big bang that can scare the heck out of you. Or when you accidentally inhale enough of it and it gives you a high-pitched voice. As it is the lightest element known, it has a high rate of diffusion. This property leads to slight losses of hydrogen when it is stored in containers ---- loss by diffusion from the seals and loss due to formation of "occluded" hydrogen with the walls of metal containers. Also, loss is unavoidable when it is being used or transferred. BTW, this was incredible: but two top-notched atomic physics graduate students at Harvard once blew themselves to Kingdom Come accidentally whilst working with liquid hydrogen.

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