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RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OSS Modeling Ideas
Beware! Inert gas won't prevent a battery explosion. A battery will produce both hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2), which can combine explosively (2H2 + 02 = 2H20) to create water (H2O), regardless of any other inert gas present.
In a message dated 4/27/2003 5:54:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, "martlet1" <martlet1@sbcglobal.net> writes:
>Another option is pressure compensation with inert gas (helium or argon).
>No ignition hazard with any hydrogen gas produced by the batteries,
>reversible, and relatively cheap.
>
>Texas Lake Diver