How would the result of the Spark have been different if the Hindenburg had been filled with helium?

How would the results of the spark have been different if the Hindenburg had been filled with helium? Helium does not burn, so there would have been no explosion. You just studied 60 terms!

What if the Hindenburg was filled with helium?

Inflated with hydrogen, Hindenburg was able to carry 21,076 lbs of payload; if the ship had been inflated with helium it could not have made the flight at all.

Did Hindenburg burn because of hydrogen?

In fact, the Hindenburg was just one of dozens of hydrogen airships destroyed by fire as a result of their highly flammable lifting gas. “The Hindenburg’s outer cover was highly flammable“ “Hydrogen burns without color, so it could not have been hydrogen burning“

Why did the Hindenburg not use helium?

U.S. law prevented the Hindenburg from using helium instead of hydrogen, which is flammable. However, the United States, which had a monopoly on the world supply of helium and feared that other countries might use the gas for military purposes, banned its export, and the Hindenburg was reengineered.

What caused Hindenburg to explode?

Almost 80 years of research and scientific tests support the same conclusion reached by the original German and American accident investigations in 1937: It seems clear that the Hindenburg disaster was caused by an electrostatic discharge (i.e., a spark) that ignited leaking hydrogen.

Did the Hindenburg explosion create water?

Yes, water was created. But, because of the heat of reaction, all of the water was vapor (gas) and it did not rain water. Reaction of hydrogen with oxygen in the air always results in water as the product. The Hindenburg exploded due to the rapid combustion of hydrogen.

Did anyone survive the Hindenburg?

The accident caused 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen) from the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), and an additional fatality on the ground….Hindenburg disaster.

Accident
Survivors	62 (23 passengers, 39 crewmen)
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities	1

Did any people survive the Hindenburg crash?

The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937 brought an end to the age of the rigid airship. The disaster killed 35 persons on the airship, and one member of the ground crew, but miraculously 62 of the 97 passengers and crew survived.

Did anyone survive the Hindenburg disaster?

Why did the Hindenburg use helium instead of hydrogen?

After the crash of the hydrogen-filled R101, in which most of the crew died in the subsequent fire rather than the impact itself, Hindenburg designer Hugo Eckener sought to use helium, a less flammable lifting gas.

What happened to the Hindenburg when it exploded?

On May 6, 1937, the German zeppelin Hindenburg exploded, filling the sky above Lakehurst, New Jersey, with smoke and fire. The massive airship’s tail fell to the ground while its nose, hundreds of feet long, rose into the air like a breaching whale. It turned to ashes in less than a minute.

Why was the Hindenburg made with aluminum powder?

This made the woven fabric airtight and kept it taught, reducing flutter and aerodynamic drag. The silver colour of the Hindenburg was a result of aluminium powder mixed with the dope and painted onto the outer surface to reflect sunlight to prevent the hydrogen warming up, expanding and escaping.

Did the Hindenburg fire contain hydrogen or cellulose nitrate?

[See, The Hindenburg Fire: Hydrogen or Incendiary Paint?, A. J. Dessler, D. E. Overs, and W. H. Appleby, “Dessler/Overs/Appleby,” pdf available here .)] Some discussions of the Hindenburg incorrectly claim that the dope contained cellulose nitrate, rather than cellulose acetate.