Doug Jones wrote:
>
> Spike Jones wrote:
> >
> > Speaking of hydrogen, yesterday I was talking to a guy in the Moffett
> > blimp hangar with a hydrogen balloon. He had a small H2 cylinder. I
> > asked him if someone breathed hydrogen would it make one's
> > voice sound funny like helium does? He didnt know, but since
> > the reason helium highes ones voice is because its density is
> > low, seems like hydrogen would high it even more. But we didnt
> > know if it would goof one to breathe hydrogen. We couldnt
> > think of any reason why it would, but no one volunteered to
> > breathe the stuff. {8^D
>
> DO NOT BREATHE HYDROGEN. IF IGNITED IN YOUR LUNGS IT CAN KILL YOU.
>
> Since the flammable limits in air are 4% to 74%, and mixing would vary
> from 100% air in the tidal volume to 100% H2 in the last of the
> inspiration, all it would take would be one small spark. The
> overpressure would instantly burst your lungs, giving a fatal air
> embolism. Ugly way to die.
Well, you know, last time I checked, there were not any exposed circuits
in my lungs. Though I suppose you could say that doing this would
necessitate a no smoking environment... ;)
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