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What property of this gas contributed to the Hindenburg Disaster?
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"This gas" is hydrogen, correct? The property that contributed to the Hindenburg Disaster is flammability.
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What lighter than air gas was once used to power airships in cause the Hindenburg disaster?
The gas was Hydrogen.
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.
What day did the Hindenburg crash?
The Hindenburg was filled with Hydrogen, a very flammable gas. It is believed that a spark of some kind came in contact with the fragile thin skin of the blimp and that it caused the Hindenburg to ignite. After the ignition, the blimp's hydrogen was blown up by the spreading fire. So then, the burning remainders fell to the surface below.
What gas do you use in airships today?
In their early history, buoyant airships (zepellins, blimps) were filled with hydrogen, a highly flammable gas. Since the Hindenburg disaster, hydrogen has been supplanted by helium, a much more expensive material, but one that is inert and hence much safer.
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.
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.
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.
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 are the gases used to fly balloons?
Two of the gases that are used to fly balloons are Hydrogen and Helium. Helium is the preferred gas because Hydrogen is very explosive. The Hindenburg disaster was caused by the ignition of the Hydrogen gas that filled it.
What gas did the Hindenburg contain?
Hydrogen.
What gas was in the Hindenburge?
Hydrogen gas was used to inflate the Hindenburg.
What gas causes violent explosions?
Any gas can be explosive under pressure, but there are a few exceptional ones: Hydrogen:Responsible for the Hindenburg disaster Propane:The gas most commonly used with grilling Methane:one of the many gases produced by our digestive tract Oxygen:the stuff we breath
What gas should have been put in the Hindenburg?
If they could have gotten any, they would have put helium in the Hindenburg.
What element was once used in the Hindenberg?
The Hindenburg was originally intended to be filled with helium, but a United States military embargo on helium forced the Germans to modify the design of the ship to use highly flammable hydrogen as the lift gas. (At the time the USA was the only country that could produce helium in the amounts required.) The Germans had considerable experience with using hydrogen and implemented necessary safety measures to preempt an accident. Prior to the Hindenburg disaster, their safety record was impressive.
What was the Hindenburg's maximum gas capacity?
Gas capacity: 7,062,000 cubic feet
