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Originally Posted by aerohead
yeah, a NASA expert on hydrogen, did a forensic reconstruction of the Hindenburg fire, and it turned out that the culprit for the rapid flame propagation was the nitrocellulose and powdered aluminum dope used on the envelope fabric , ignited by a spark from static electricity. Not hydrogen in the balonettes.
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As an additional note, hydrogen fires don't radiate nearly as much heat as other flame sources. As I understand it, you have to be standing basically inside of a hydrogen fire for it to burn you, unlike gasoline, which can burn you from hundreds of feet away if it's big enough.