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But they only burn easily at the interface. The trick would be to control fire there - keep them from mixing, keep the flame, if one were to start, from enlargi
by JulianMorrison 5y ago
But they only burn easily at the interface. The trick would be to control fire there - keep them from mixing, keep the flame, if one were to start, from enlarging the hole.
- minikites 5y agoGood point. I remember a science demonstration where lighting a balloon filled with a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen caused a much more violent eruption compared to a balloon of pure hydrogen.
- dredmorbius 5y agoBoth pure hydrogen and a stochiometric hydrogen-oxygen mixture explode (produce a bang, indicating a flame front moving faster than the speed of sound). The stochiometric mixture explodes more violently, true. But again, both explode. Periodic Videos, feat. Destin Sandlin: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qOTgeeTB_kA https://youtube.com/watch?v=qOTgeeTB_kA
- GauntletWizard 5y agoNot only control where the fire is, but do so with materials light enough for an airship. It's a hard problem.
- JulianMorrison 5y agoNot necessarily. Remember, you only need to control the interface. A bag, not a wall.