Hydrogen Pipe Explosion

[STEVEGET]

Anyone heard of the Hindenburg, don't mess with hydrogen.

[harshm2u]

What was the reason for the burst? Was it the worn out pipe itself, or something else?

[stefanmckinley]

Hydrogen balooning...

THAT SOUNDS SAFE!!!!!

[rroge5]

dodgey title name. i thought it was gona be about a hydrogen explosion. but it was just a pipe burst. with no relevance to hydrogen cause it coulda been any gass

[BloodMech21]

i always thought they used helium.

[ytmachx]

Hydrogen has more lifting power and can be easily produced unlike helium.

[Roddyoneeye]

Were they warming the pipe in order to increase the buoyancy of the hydrogen?

[leporidus]

"Yeah, big bada-boom..." (Bruce WIllis in "The 5th Element" -- »1st element« would be more fitting).

[jhonbus]

Stop trolling.

[seanbrockest]

Yuck, wouldn't methane stink like... well.... shit?

[GFantastic]

Pure methane is odourless.

[seanbrockest]

oh, i thought it was the methane in cow poop and landfills that made the horrible smells.

[GFantastic]

Those things both generate a lot of methane, but it's other substances in there that are the smelly ones.

[Patrickssj6]

Schwefeldioxid (German) Sulfurdioxide? makes the smell I think.

[jarjarbinks77]

It the sulfur type compound in poop that make it stinky. Natural gases that we use in our homes are lace with the familiar odor artificially for safety reason. In nature these gases are odorless.

[ytmachx]

That would be Hydrogen sulfide

[Incuby]

Do they still use Hydrogen for ballons? I thought they used methan since Hindenburg

[jnthnbush]

Me too.

[fossil98]

no

there isnt hydrogen in the balloons

they use hydrogen to produce the heat for the balloon by burning it

[GFantastic]

That's not right I'm afraid. It is hydrogen in the balloon.

Yes it's very unusual to use hydrogen these days, but these are unusual balloons.

[blueduderanch]

@GFantastic no one would use hydrogen in balloons, it's an idiots mistake waiting to happen.

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

not these balloons, They are just hydrogen

[wallabyj]

WOWZER, both extremely flammable gases, we would have learned nothing. Do they not teach anything in school anymore? Do they just like...hand out busy work and hope for the best?

[legominifigure7]

WOWZER, are you talking about helium? HELIUM ISN'T FLAMMABLE.

[wallabyj]

ah you're right, but I meant to put only hydrogen as flammable, you'll have to forgive me, I was quite out of it when I replied.

[Jtking3000]

wow that fantastic!