Thanks Alan,
I became chicken and decided to find an alternate container. The local grocery store had pyrex storage containers that were relatively small and flat so I got one and am using it. I was worried about the hydrogen collection with a ready ignition source. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Alan J Fletcher <a...@well.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Tue, Oct 16, 2012 3:30 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Experiment Started At 11:30 AM 10/16/2012, David Roberson wrote: I knowthat I will have sparks and small flames as with the open system so now Iwould like to know if there is significant danger of explosion. Isanyone aware of reports of a relatively low volume open to the air glasscell exploding and causing injury or damage to the surroundings? Most of the jar volume will likely be filled with a mix of hydrogenand oxygen plus room air. I have not calculated the amount ofenergy contained within the captured hydrogen since a bad calculationcould be dangerous. Please give me guidance before I reconnect thisbeast as it now is on standby. This paper looks at various combinations http://conference.ing.unipi.it/ichs2005/Papers/120001.pdf H2-Air -- lower explosion limit is 4.3 mole% H2 H2-O -- lower explosion limit is 4 mole% H2 Can you put in a baffle or something to keep the H and O separate? Maybe a U-tube would be better than a jar.
