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The Hindenburg was a Zeppelin (a German made lighter-than-air airship), similar to a modern day blimp. It was filled with hydrogen gas that gave it enough lift to allow it to get off the ground. Modern day blimps & balloons use helium gas. Helium has less lift capacity than Hydrogen, however it is not flammable. Hydrogen is flammable.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoHydrogen gas was used in the Hindenburg - not by mistake, but because the United States, then the world's only supplier of Helium gas, would not sell it to Germany. The Hindenburg was originally intended to be filled with helium, but a United States military embargo on helium forced the Germans to modify the design of the ship to use highly flammable hydrogen as the lift gas. The Germans had considerable experience with using hydrogen and implemented necessary safety measures to preempt an accident. Prior to the Hindenburg disaster, their safety record was impressive.
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∙ 8y agoIt wasn't a blimp - blimps do not have a rigid frame. The Hindenburg was a zeppelin, or dirigible. It was filled with hydrogen, because the USA had prohibited the export of helium (a non-combustible lighter-than-air gas) to Germany.
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∙ 9y ago.The HIndenberg was filled with Hydrogen. Hydrogen is lighter than air so it rises. This allowed the Hindenberg to fly. Unfortunately, hydrogen ignites very easily, and the smallest spark can ignite it. That is what brought the Hindenburg down.
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∙ 11y agoThe Hindenburg used hydrogen gas to float.
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∙ 10y agoHYDROGEN
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∙ 13y agoHydrogen.
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The Hindenburg was a balloon that exploded filled with what gas?
Hydrogen.
Was the Hindenburg filled with hellium?
Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen.
Which gas would be more suitable for the Hindenburg?
Helium was more suitable but not available in Germany before the war.
What gas filled the hindenburg?
The HIndenberg was filled with highly flamable Hydrogen.Hydrogen is lighter than air so it rises.
What gas filled the Hindenburg airship?
The HIndenberg was filled with highly flamable Hydrogen.Hydrogen is lighter than air so it rises.
How did rocket fuel contribute to the Hindenburg disaster?
It didnt. Liquid Oxygen is what rockets use for fuel however the Hindenburg was filled with ahighly reactive gas called hydrogen which ignited shortly after the Hindenburg crashed.
Was the Hindenburg filled with helium?
No, it was filled with hydrogen
Is the Hindenburg a blimp?
No it was not a blimp. It was a Zeppelin. A zeppelin is much bigger and is a frame work filled with a bunch of bladders when a Blimp is a single balloon filled with gas.
What are two differences between the good blimps of today and the airships Hindenburg?
Today's blimps are not filled with flammable hydrogen gas like Hindenburg was, but normally the non-flammable helium.
What type of gas filled the Hindenburg airship?
It was hydrogen. That's why it caught fire. Modern airships use helium.
Why do we remember the Hindenburg not the Akron?
The Hindenburg was caught on film, and unlike the Akron it's cause was a mystery and it was an important nazi symbol as well and was also filled with flammable gas unlike the Akron
How did hydrogen make the Hindenburg rise?
The Hindenburg was a giant balloon airship filled with hydrogen gas for buoyancy.Hydrogen is the lightest of all gasses and has a mass of only half the mass of helium gas, so it worked well to lift the mass of the airship. The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, and part of the disaster was due to the hydrogen gas catching fire. Helium would not catch fire since it is an inert gas.
