Re: hydrogen? spark gap

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Original poster: "Brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg-at-webryders-dot-net>

Ok, i worked with hydrogen oxygen torch for the making of synthetic crystals
at home along with my brother. It can be tricky cause you cannot see it,
smell it and usually leaks slowly and unoticed till it catches fire. As for
the temperature it's up there enough to melt quartz, and ruby (alum oxide
with  small amounts of chromium) . Just be careful if you use pressurized
hydrogen! have a welder check you work if your not sure. cul brian f.

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Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: hydrogen? spark gap


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