Bwa Ha Ha HaSqueaky Bunny wrote:Well, better than the dimbulbs who filled some balloons with acetylene and put them into their car. Whooomph! and it turned into a convertable.Sharuuk wrote:An' puffin' onna stogie ta boot........talk about yer pr'verbial lit fuse!!!Squeaky Bunny wrote:Ooooooh, musta been full of hydrogen.
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Yes, sir. I agree completely. It takes a well-balanced individual... such as yourself to rule the world. No, sir. No one knows that you were the third one... Solidus. ...What should I do about the woman? Yes sir. I'll keep her under surveillance. Yes. Thank you. Good-bye...... Mr. President.
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I'll bet! I remember going to this science thing when I was younger. Guy started poking balloons with a lit candle on a stick. When he used it on the methane one, there was this nice, quiet fireball that just floated upwards until it burned up. Very pretty.Sharuuk wrote:I useta make hydrogen ballons and tape fuses to them. Light the fuse just before releasing the balloon (at night) and watch the neat flash when the fuse hit the balloon popping it!
Like I said.....I useta keep my neighbors on their toes.
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Theeeeeennnnn he used it on a balloon filled with hydrogen...
That one burned a bit more quickly.I'm lost. I've gone to find myself. If I should return before I get back, please ask me to wait. Thanks.
WhooooHAAA....with a REALLY impressive if not loud "WHUMMP" I'll bet. And I'll just bet that got EVERYONE'S attention.StrangeWulf13 wrote:I remember going to this science thing when I was younger. Guy started poking balloons with a lit candle on a stick. When he used it on the methane one, there was this nice, quiet fireball that just floated upwards until it burned up. Very pretty.
Theeeeeennnnn he used it on a balloon filled with hydrogen...
I would have been ROTFLAMO....mostly at the looks on everybody's faces..especially the dude doing the demo!
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My science demo experiences:
Balloon filled with air: Pop.
Balloon filled with hydrogen: Foompf!
Balloon filled with two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen: BANG!!!
Then there was the demo with the liquid nitrogen in the pipe sealed with a rubber stopper: The stopper shot out of the pipe, ricocheted of a wall and hit the exact center of my forehead!
Balloon filled with air: Pop.
Balloon filled with hydrogen: Foompf!
Balloon filled with two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen: BANG!!!
Then there was the demo with the liquid nitrogen in the pipe sealed with a rubber stopper: The stopper shot out of the pipe, ricocheted of a wall and hit the exact center of my forehead!
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Is it still there? It would make a heck of an unusual rhinestone.CasVeg wrote:Then there was the demo with the liquid nitrogen in the pipe sealed with a rubber stopper: The stopper shot out of the pipe, ricocheted of a wall and hit the exact center of my forehead!
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CasVeg wrote:Go stick your head in a bucket of steam.
Hee, hee, hee, heeeeeeee
On a more serious (with this crowd?) note, the Shuttles' main engines burn liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. That's why the tail flame from them is a pale transparent blue, almost invisible. However, when she turns downrange directly away from you, looking straight into those exhaust nozzles is the purest and brightest white you can imagine. It looks like a star...even in broad daylight! From that alone, I've been able to track her all the way to MECO (Main Engine Cut Off).
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Going off on another tangent:
A NASA engineer who was fascinated by the Hindenburg disaster always wondered about the initial ignition process that sent the thing down in flames.
Long story short: He discovered that the dope (paint) used to seal the fabric was made out of almost the same ingredients as the solid fuel rockets on the shuttle (an aluminum oxide mixture)
Hydrogen bags wrapped in rocket fuel,... ouch!
Even if the thing had been filled with helium, it still would have been a flying bomb
A NASA engineer who was fascinated by the Hindenburg disaster always wondered about the initial ignition process that sent the thing down in flames.
Long story short: He discovered that the dope (paint) used to seal the fabric was made out of almost the same ingredients as the solid fuel rockets on the shuttle (an aluminum oxide mixture)
Hydrogen bags wrapped in rocket fuel,... ouch!
Even if the thing had been filled with helium, it still would have been a flying bomb
Always tell the truth, that way you don't have to remember anything. -- Mark twain
Not sure about the ease of ignition tho' if it'd been filled with helium. However, those spectacular flames were NOT FROM THE HYDROGEN CELLS! A hydrogen flame is almost invisible....the billowing clouds of flame came from, as you said the dope on the skin of Der Hindenburg.Tbolt wrote:Going off on another tangent:
A NASA engineer who was fascinated by the Hindenburg disaster always wondered about the initial ignition process that sent the thing down in flames.
Long story short: He discovered that the dope (paint) used to seal the fabric was made out of almost the same ingredients as the solid fuel rockets on the shuttle (an aluminum oxide mixture)
Hydrogen bags wrapped in rocket fuel,... ouch!
Even if the thing had been filled with helium, it still would have been a flying bomb
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Ironically, the aluminum oxide was used specifically to lessen the problem of static electricity. Dirigibles, and particularly the Hindenburg, used a lot of metal in their skeletal structure and on docking could potentially discharge an awful point-of-contact charge. Enough to cause a catastrophic ignition, in fact.
So they coated a giant hydrogen balloon with rocket fuel for safety reasons. -:/
So they coated a giant hydrogen balloon with rocket fuel for safety reasons. -:/
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Just remember to keep your Will updated.
Yes, sir. I agree completely. It takes a well-balanced individual... such as yourself to rule the world. No, sir. No one knows that you were the third one... Solidus. ...What should I do about the woman? Yes sir. I'll keep her under surveillance. Yes. Thank you. Good-bye...... Mr. President.
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He heh, you have my respect Good Sir. very well done.
Yes, sir. I agree completely. It takes a well-balanced individual... such as yourself to rule the world. No, sir. No one knows that you were the third one... Solidus. ...What should I do about the woman? Yes sir. I'll keep her under surveillance. Yes. Thank you. Good-bye...... Mr. President.
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3.14159 there ya go.
Yes, sir. I agree completely. It takes a well-balanced individual... such as yourself to rule the world. No, sir. No one knows that you were the third one... Solidus. ...What should I do about the woman? Yes sir. I'll keep her under surveillance. Yes. Thank you. Good-bye...... Mr. President.