Re: hydrogen? spark gap

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Ed: my experience and your's is not the same. Hydrogen embrittelment of
hydrogen pressure tanks is a real problem. If you dought this ask a
metalurgest who is familiar with this problem and you trust.Dont assume!
   Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 18:56:12 -0700
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> Subject: Re: hydrogen? spark gap
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> Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 19:46:35 -0700
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> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
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> Tesla list wrote:
>> 
>> Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>
>> 
>> Perfect your idea with nitrogen. Hydrogen is the smallest  molecule and it
>> will pass through steel. any small leak and you have a bomb. Play safe not
>> dead. I have a friend with a photo of his tie burned in his scarred neck and
>> face when he made a small mistake using hydrogen.
>> Robert  H
> 
> Main problem with hydrogen, other than explosive air-fuel mixes, is
> that it burns with a colorless flame and it's easy to get burned if
> there's a hydrogen burner running.  As for passing through steel, that's
> just plain incorrect.
> 
> Ed
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