Britz: Not enough gas to cause explosion?

[Jed Rothwell]

Dieter Britz also wonders how such a small amount of gas might have caused such a large explosion in Mizuno's cell. He wrote to me:

"It is also hard to imagine that there should have been enough for such a violent explosion. You have no doubt seen the school experiment, where a lighted taper is inserted into a tube with some hydrogen in it - you get a nice "pop". In an open cell, after a short time of electrolysis, that is what I would expect. So this is very strange and I have no guesses."

I have to admit, the people pursuing the hydrino explanation do have a point.

I do not know enough about explosions to judge the issue. It is not just the total energy involved; you also have to take into account the speed of the reaction, the shape of the container, and so on. That is why bullets are so much more destructive than firecrackers.

- Jed