In one of last year's Mythbusters episodes, they noted that the
Hindenburg was covered with a two-layer finish, the first of which
contained iron oxide and the second layer contained aluminum particles,
which (in their hypothesis) caused a massive thermite type reaction when
it was sparked. They built a model and lit it off in grand fashion,
although I forget if the finish mixture they used for that demonstration
was close to the real thing.
Theo
Scott Hutchinson wrote:
> I think the common wisdom is now that the silver nitrate (could have the
>exact compound wrong) in the fabric covering of the Hindenberg was what caused
>the fire and not the Hydrogen.
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