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Hydrogen gas is only 7% as dense as atmospheric air, and is as half as dense as helium gas. As a result, a suitable container, such as a balloon, has a significant boyancy force in air when filled with hydrogen. The Hindenburg, and other airships of its time, had large bladders lashed to the airship's structure. When filled filled with hydrogen, the boyancy of these bladders was such that they could lift not only their own weight, but also the weight of the entire ship, crew, passengers, and cargo.
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Back in the middle 1930s, if you were wealthy enough to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, there were two choices - noisy, small and cramped aeroplanes, or quiet and spacious airships that got their lift from huge bladders filled with hydrogen gas. Back then, it was still an even bet as to which technology would win in the long run - the faster and noisy aeroplanes, or the slower and more relaxed Lighter-Than-Air airships.
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The answer was settled in favour of the aeroplanes in 1937, when the enormous Nazi hydrogen-filled airship, the Hindenburg, slowly maneuvered in to dock at a 50-metre high mast at the Lakehurst Air Base, in New Jersey. This was its 21st crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Suddenly, there was a spark on the Hindenberg, and then flames. Newsreel film crews captured the sudden disaster as the Hindenburg burst into enormous plumes of red-yellow flames, and collapsed to the ground. Over thirty of the 97 people on board died. The disaster was blamed on the extreme flammability of the hydrogen lifting gas that filled most of the airship.
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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.
Which gas would be more suitable for the Hindenburg?
Helium was more suitable but not available in Germany before the war.
What type of gas filled the Hindenburg airship?
It was hydrogen. That's why it caught fire. Modern airships use helium.
Did the explosion of the Hindenburg lead to the creation of the hydrogen bomb?
no!!!!!the Hindenburg did not explode. its aluminum painted skin caught fire from an electrostatic discharge. that fire ignited ordinary chemical hydrogen/oxygen fires as the lift gas bladders breached.no nuclear fusion was involved. not even a chemical explosion occurred.
Is hydrogen inflammable?
Absolutely not! It is extremely flammable. Ever heard of the Hindenburg Blimp that blew up? That was because the hydrogen ignited. Also, if hydrogen couldn't ignite, there would be no water because water is formed by combustion.
Used in airships after the Hindenburg disaster?
Hydrogen
What gas was in the Hindenburge?
Hydrogen gas was used to inflate the Hindenburg.
Was the Hindenburg filled with hellium?
Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen.
Why is hydrogen not used for aiships?
Hydrogen isn't used for airships because it is highly flammable. It was one of the causes of the Hindenburg's burning.
What was on the Hindenburg?
passengers and hydrogen
What gas did the Hindenburg contain?
Hydrogen.
What is the flamable element used to fill the Hindenburg which caught fire at Lakehurst NJ in 1937?
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.
Is Hydrogen a nonreactive substance?
Hydrogen is infamous for its \high reactivity. The Hindenburg, which which used hydrogen as its buoyancy gas went down rapidly in flames due to the high reactivity of that hydrogen when it was ignited.
Was the Hindenburg filled with helium?
No, it was filled with hydrogen
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 lighter than air gas was once used to power airships in cause the Hindenburg disaster?
The gas was Hydrogen.
