[Jewelry making - Article 00220] - Re: [Orchid] Oxy-hydrogen torch recommendations

[Mark Fant]

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The Hindenberg -

    Amazing how, after almost 65 years have passed since this tragedy,
    that Hydrogen still evokes such a fear in many minds!  Studies have
    shown that while Hydrogen is flammable and potentially dangerous, it
    was not the Hydrogen that caused that horrific fire - it was the
    aluminum based paint on the skin of the Zeppelin that went up in a
    flash! I wonder if the oil industry has had any hand in sustaining
    this fear . . .  The Zeppelin didn't explode (like a similar volume
    of natural gas would).  The flames raced across the skin of the craft
    and ignited other sources within the craft. 

    "Careful investigation of the Hindenburg disaster verified the
    opinion of the engineers on the Hindenburg and proved that it was the
    flammable aluminum powder filled paint varnish that coated the
    infamous airship, not the hydrogen that started the fateful fire." 

    "The Hindenburg repeated the famous experiment of Ben Franklin
    regarding collection of electric charge on an object in the sky. Ben
    Franklin flew a kite in a storm to learn about lightening. The
    captain of the Hindenburg provided the 800' long, 236 ton,
    aluminum-powder varnish covered airship as a much larger electric
    charge collector. As the Hindenburg was grounded by dropping landing
    lines, the experiment was complete and electrical discharge in the
    Hindenburg's skin started the fire. The Hindenburg would have burned
    and crashed if it had been filled with helium or simply held in the
    air by some other force." 

    "As eyewitnesses noted, the hydrogen fire started considerably after
    the Hindenburg's surface skin started to burn and was over in less
    than one minute. The diesel fuel and other heavier-than-air
    components of the Hindenburg continued to burn many hours on the
    ground." 

    http://www.clean-air.org/hindenberg.htm

Regards,
Mark


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