Re: hydrogen? spark gap

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>
> 
> Perfect your idea with nitrogen. Hydrogen is the smallest  molecule and it
> will pass through steel. any small leak and you have a bomb. Play safe not
> dead. I have a friend with a photo of his tie burned in his scarred neck and
> face when he made a small mistake using hydrogen.
>   Robert  H

	Main problem with hydrogen, other than explosive air-fuel mixes, is
that it burns with a colorless flame and it's easy to get burned if
there's a hydrogen burner running.  As for passing through steel, that's
just plain incorrect.  

Ed