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Politics : Stop the War!
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To: AK2004 who wrote (19916)7/25/2003 3:27:09 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 21614
 
then why it is produced in a compressed form
I think I understand, a product of homeschooling?

The gas needs to be compressed so that it will inflate the balloons that are used to check the wind direction. It also allows a reasonable amount to be stored in the cylinders so that the making of the gas does not have to go on continuously (after all, the main object is to lob artillary shells, not to be making party balloons). I suppose the gas could be pumped into a high enough pressure, but that implies electric motors which throw sparks and ignite any leaked gas with unpleasant results for those filling the balloons. By producing the pressurized gas via chemical means no motors are required, no compressors, no sparks, no recreations of the Hindenburg landing.

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