Re: Hydrogen gap

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• Subject: Re: Hydrogen gap
• From: Travis Tabbal <bigboss-at-xmission-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 11:36:56 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

> First off I would like to know why, of all things
> would you use hydrogen.  This tends to explode when it
> comes in contact with sparks.  Second if you are going
> to use alchohol you should make sure it is as close to
> 100% as possible.  Electronics grade is about 99.9%.
> You can get 95% as some drugstores.
> -Tom

Like all other combustable materials, it does not burn without the
presence of oxygen. If you were to try to ignite pure hydrogen without
any O2 it would not burn. There are devices in existance that you can
buy that do this. They contain such a high percentage of hydrogen that
there can be no combustion. spark gaps and thyritrons come to mind. They
are somewhat rare, but they do exist.

Mix H2 and O2 for killer fuel. Most rocket motors use this today. ;)

I certainly hope his gap is airtight.

Travis

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