Word: hydrogenating
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There was another question. The R-101 had a smoking room. It was well insulated from the inflammable hydrogen. So was the small amount of gasoline carried to start the oil motors. Was there any danger of explosion...
...protons until they race along at 37,000 mi. per sec. has been successfully tested, explained Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, physicist at the University of California. The new method does not involve the difficult high voltages which have been thought necessary in producing high speed sub-atomic projectiles. Protons (hydrogen atoms stripped of their electrons) are sent back and forth between two semicircular hollow plates by means of alternating currents of 10,000 volts and a magnetic field. As they continue in a spiral motion they gather speed, finally shoot out the end of the tube, minute bullets capable...
Aerocrete is made of Portland cement, sand and small quantities of lime, aluminum powder, soda. When poured out in thick liquid form, the presence of the aluminum powder in an alkaline solution causes a chemical reaction, liberates hydrogen, forms a cellular structure. Within a half-hour after pouring, aerocrete begins to puff up. At the end of an hour, expansion reaches its limit, the material hardens. By varying the amount of ingredients, expansion can be controlled, may vary from 50% to 150% of original volume...
...cracking process of today, added to the oldtime straight-run process, made possible a higher gasoline recovery from crude oil, so hydrogenation, supplementing these two methods, is expected to add to the efficiency of oil refining. Unlike the present method of oil refining, hydrogenation is a synthetic process. In the presence of a catalyst, hydrogen is combined with crude oil under heavy pressures, high temperatures. The combined influences of catalyst, pressure and heat cause the hydrogen and the hydrocarbon molecules to split. The hydrogen atoms immediately combine with the hydrocarbons, form the proper light oil arrangement. Hydrogenation makes possible...
Later the R-100 poked into a squall. Officers and men clutched for support. Fuel slopped out of tanks. Worse, the hydrogen balloonets were in danger of bursting because of the sudden pressure release. The fabric of the starboard fin let go, as the port had done. After a minute of severe tossing the R-100 was again master, plowing ahead on an even keel. The laconic log-entry by Squadron Leader R. S. Booth, in command: "Ship's height varied rapidly between...