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"hydrogen truck boom" I'm all for puns, but at some point we need to stop the association between hydrogen and explosiveness. Absent the perfect mix of H₂ and
by athenot 5y ago
"hydrogen truck boom"
I'm all for puns, but at some point we need to stop the association between hydrogen and explosiveness. Absent the perfect mix of H₂ and O₂, Hydrogen burns like most other fuels.
- mywittyname 5y agoHydrogen burns until the point of stoichiometry, then, boom.
- dokem 5y agoMy understanding is that Hydrogen is not like most other fuels and very much does like to go boom under a much wider range of oxygen concentrations, rather than burn. I think it may have to do with how little mass the hydrogen atom has. For instance, gasoline volatility over diesel is because it is refined for shorter hydrocarbon polymers, which have less mass. Hopefully someone can clarify this?
- Pxtl 5y agoWell, at the pressures you'd have to store it at I start worrying about a much more conventional type of boom than the flame-based kind.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoI like that a pressure boom is neither deflagration nor detonation, it’s just “escape”but it’s the same sound and effect so we use the same word.