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The Hindenburg was a giant balloon airship filled with hydrogen gas for buoyancy.
Hydrogen is the lightest of all gasses and has a mass of only half the mass of helium gas, so it worked well to lift the mass of the airship. The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, and part of the disaster was due to the hydrogen gas catching fire. Helium would not catch fire since it is an inert gas.
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Can you make a balloon fly without hot air or helium?
Yes: Try hydrogen - it worked for the Hindenburg
How much hydrogen was in the Hindenburg airship?
7,062,000 cubic feet
What makes a balloon rise?
hydrogen
Why the balloons filed with hydrogen does not rise indefinitely?
To rise, they need something to float on - i.e., air.
Are the Hindenburg and the goodyear blimp examples of hot air balloons?
No. All three are so-called "lighter than air" machines, because they're filled with gases that make tham buoyant in normal atmosphere. But the gases are different. The Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen, and was destroyed in 1937, in a catastrophe so deadly and so graphic that hydrogen was never again used to float airships. Blimps today, including the Goodyears, are floated with helium. And hot-air balloons, as the name implies, are floated with . . . . .
Was the Hindenburg filled with hellium?
Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen.
Who was driving the Hindenburg?
Because it gets filled with hydrogen and it causes it to rise since it gets how. As we know hot air rises. Because it gets filled with hydrogen and it causes it to rise since it gets how. As we know hot air rises.
What was on the Hindenburg?
passengers and hydrogen
What gas did the Hindenburg contain?
Hydrogen.
Did the hindenburg explode?
The Hindenburg was filled with the element Hydrogen, which is extremely flammable. A spark ignited the hydrogen, which caused the skin of the zeppelin to burn furiously. The hydrogen fueled the inferno.
Can you make a balloon fly without hot air or helium?
Yes: Try hydrogen - it worked for the Hindenburg
Used in airships after the Hindenburg disaster?
Hydrogen
Was the Hindenburg filled with helium?
No, it was filled with hydrogen
The Hindenburg was a balloon that exploded filled with what gas?
Hydrogen.
What property of this gas contributed to the Hindenburg Disaster?
"This gas" is hydrogen, correct? The property that contributed to the Hindenburg Disaster is flammability.
What gas was in the Hindenburge?
Hydrogen gas was used to inflate the Hindenburg.
What is the name of the hydrogen explosion in 1920's?
The Hindenburg disaster.
