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Re: Farmers launching hydrogen? So which is it?
said by jc100:HYDROGEN IS NOT EXPLOSIVE WITHOUT TWO THINGS: 1) OXYGEN 2) IGNITION SOURCE or
said by jc100: Hydrogen IS NOT explosive unless the atom is split. I'm confused...  |
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2 edits | Ever heard of E= MC2 that was Einsteins formula for splitting the atom and making it explosive. Hence, the term splitting the atom or why the bomb in WW2 was a HYDROGEN BOMB.
As per the necessary tools to make this happen via nature:
The burning process in the case of oxygen and hydrogen is relatively simple. If you put together suitable volumes of hydrogen and oxygen and provide a spark to start the reaction, one oxygen atom will combine with two hydrogen atoms, and will release energy in the process. The energy gets released in the form of molecular kinetic energy, and since the motion is random, this is exactly what we call heat energy. The gases heat up, and as all expanding gases do, they expand. That fast expansion of hot gases is what we call "an explosion".
There you go. Maybe you should have read the article and YOU WOULD NOT BE CONFUSED.
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Madison, AL | So the answer is both?
P.S. I don't plan of quiting my day job. It affords me time to read what stupid people post on internet forums.  |
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I know this is OT, but your facts are wrong. The bomb in WW2 was a FISSION bomb made by SPLITTING atoms of Uranium 235. The Hydrogen bomb is a FUSION bomb, made by FUSING two hydrogen atoms together.
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