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Subject: [DCHAS-L] ACS Webinar: How Sustainable Chemistry is Safer Chemistry
Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10:24:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] 4% vs. 5% hydrogen
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 19:28:56 -0600
Author: Daniel Crowl

From: Debbie M. Decker <dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] 4% vs. 5% hydrogen
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 23:34:03 +0000
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Hi all:

 

Riddle me this – why is 5% hydrogen in nitrogen considered NOT flammable and 4% in argon considered flammable?  Tried to reach Praxair but no one is home.

 

This makes absolutely no sense to me.

 

Thanks,

Debbie

 

Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow

Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety

Councilor and Programming Co-Chair

University of California, Davis

(530)754-7964

(530)304-6728

dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**ucdavis.edu

 

Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction

that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,

can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."

 

 

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