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∙ 10y agoHindenburg was filled with hydrogen.
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What gas filled the hindenburg?
The HIndenberg was filled with highly flamable Hydrogen.Hydrogen is lighter than air so it rises.
What type of gas filled the Hindenburg airship?
It was hydrogen. That's why it caught fire. Modern airships use helium.
Why is oxygen not a suitable gas in a light bulb?
Because the oxygen does not have a full outer shell of electrons, meaning that it is a reactive gas and therefore it would easily catch fire.
Both hydrogen gas and helium gas are lighter than air. Why is helium used to lift blimps instead of hydrogen?
Hydrogen is higly explosive ! Remember the Hindenburg disaster.
What is a gas suitable for a reddish purple advertising light?
Iodine Vapor is a reddish purple gas
What gas should have been put in the Hindenburg?
If they could have gotten any, they would have put helium in the Hindenburg.
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 did the Hindenburg contain?
Hydrogen.
What gas was in the Hindenburge?
Hydrogen gas was used to inflate the Hindenburg.
What was the Hindenburg's maximum gas capacity?
Gas capacity: 7,062,000 cubic feet
The Hindenburg was a balloon that exploded filled with what gas?
Hydrogen.
How did hydrogen make the Hindenburg rise?
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.
Why isn't hydrogen gas used any more in air balloons?
Because it is incredibly flammable. Look up "Hindenburg".
How did rocket fuel contribute to the Hindenburg disaster?
It didnt. Liquid Oxygen is what rockets use for fuel however the Hindenburg was filled with ahighly reactive gas called hydrogen which ignited shortly after the Hindenburg crashed.
Why would oxygen not be a suitable gas in a light bulb?
It is too reactive
What accident led to change hydrogen gas in airships?
The Hindenburg disaster
What lighter than air gas was once used to power airships in cause the Hindenburg disaster?
The gas was Hydrogen.
