Hydrogen Balloons

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Published 2009-10-22

Ever wonder why we use Helium instead of Hydrogen in our balloons? Well wonder no longer! The first balloon is just pure Hydrogen while the other is a Hydrogen/Oxygen mixture. Don't try this at home kids.

All Comments (6)

@cristoballs 14 years ago

you'd think the people who made the hindenburg would've realized that:-P
@thepeff 14 years ago

Well, the label "best engineers" is a bit of an overstatement for the germans at the time, seeing as how the Hindenburg's paint was chemically similar to thermite... Good recipe for a kick-ass 4th of July though!
@mak1759 14 years ago

@cristoballs well they did, but the U.S. had the monopoly on Helium
@cristoballs 14 years ago

ahhh... still, monopoly or not, it was a bad idea.
@mak1759 14 years ago

@cristoballs Well rationalization is not a new thing. " Hey no worries! We have the best engineers in the world. We will come up with a fool-poof system."