Re: Congress Passes H-Prize
Jim Richardson <[email protected]> Sun, 14 May 2006 13:48:05 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.technology.erps |
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| Organization | Erisian Claw |
| Message-ID | <1147639686.5698.21.camel@dragon> |
>> um, natural gas is heavier than air, and pools in the low spots, that's >> what makes it so dangerous when it leaks. Hydrogen simply floats away, >> even in enclosed spaces, it sticks around for less time thanks to the >> small molecule size "leaking" out of the container. >> >> The rest of the points seem valid to me, in my limited knowledge, but >> this one stuck out. Am I missing something? > You are incorrect - methane, the principal ingrediant of natural gas, is > less dense than air. I imagine you are thinking of propane, which is more > dense than air. > Dave McCue Correction noted. so does that mean that leaking hydrogen *wouldn't* leak out, and up and away? -- Jim Richardson <[email protected]> Erisian Claw