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The good thing is that you get a lot of energy density this way. The bad thing is that hydrogen is difficult to store, and you basically have a fuel-air bomb on
by spiritplumber 11y ago
The good thing is that you get a lot of energy density this way. The bad thing is that hydrogen is difficult to store, and you basically have a fuel-air bomb on your hand if anything goes wrong with your tank.
- ars 11y ago> The bad thing is that hydrogen is difficult to store True, because it's hard to make materials that will hold it. It tends to damage metal and leak through other things. > and you basically have a fuel-air bomb on your hand if anything goes wrong with your tank. No you do not, there is no air in your tank. Hydrogen is much safer than gasoline, if released it rises up in the air almost instantly. So a hydrogen fire would put itself out pretty quickly, and would not burn much that is around it.
- redblacktree 11y agoSerious question: What happened with the Hindenburg then? Why didn't that fire put itself out quickly?
- ars 11y agoIt did. The hydrogen fire burned for only about 35 seconds. And if you look at photos you see almost all the flame is high above the airship.