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Re:Solar-driven water splitting at 13.8% solar-to-hydrogen e... by lizknope on Thursday November 18, 2021 @05:49PM (#29271608)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster#Incendiary...

They tested the incendiary paint hypothesis on the TV show Mythbusters.

The MythBusters concluded that the paint may have contributed to the disaster, but that it was not the sole reason for such rapid combustion.

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Re:Solar-driven water splitting at 13.8% solar-to-hydrogen e... by R0b0t1 on Saturday November 20, 2021 @11:17AM (#29289354)
Ah, you're right. I wasn't remembering the details exactly. But the burning material that falls is the skin and can be better fireproofed to let the hydrogen escape upwards.
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