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"Luke" wrote: "NoJags Neil" wrote in message ... Ahhh... very interesting... aluminium with iron oxide... thermite reaction, anybody? It was the fabric that caused the disaster, not the hydrogen. Perhaps the hydrogen caused it, but the thermite reaction made it historic. Luke Nope -- it was the nitrate dope that everybody used on fabric in those days. The aluminum powder in the dope (for UV protection) would have played only a minor role. |
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