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Hindenburg dirigible

A chemical explosion is in essence a reaction that is complete in a very short time and produces a lot of energy. In Chernobyl and Ftrkushima, this was the well know hydrogen-oxygen explosiort, which also caused the tragedy of the Hindenburg dirigible on 6 May 1937 ... [Pg.292]

The smoking salons of the Hindenburg and other hydrogen-filled dirigibles of Ihe 1930s were insulated with urea-formaldehyde polymer foams. The structure of this polymer is highly cross-linked, like that of Bakelite (Section 31.5). Propose a structure. [Pg.1224]

Explosive burning of the hydrogen-filled dirigible Hindenburg during landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6,1937, killed 36 of the 97 persons aboard. [Pg.580]

The Hindenburg, a hydrogen-filled dirigible, explodes during a landing in Lakehurst New Jersey. [Pg.685]

Safety The Hindenburg Syndrome, or Don t Paint Your Dirigible with Rocket Fuel ... [Pg.233]

It should also be remembered that the Hindenburg and its sister dirigibles were designed to be inflated with non-flammable helium. Hydrogen had to be substituted when the United States, the sole source, refused to sell helium to the Germans in the aftermath of World War I. [Pg.234]

It is highly explosive and with the destruction of the Hindenburg in 1937, commercial travel in H2-filled dirigibles ended. [Pg.94]

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