Creative Writing: The Hindenburg Disaster

The Hindenburg Disaster
As the Hindenburg enters:
“Here it comes, Ladies and Gentlemen, and what a marvelous sight...the sun is striking the windows of the observation deck on the westward side and sparkling like glittering jewels on the background of black velvet….
Oh, oh, oh..!..
As the crowd notices the flame and then...:
“Its burst into flames...Get out of the way, please, oh my, this is terrible, oh my, get out of the way, please..!It is burning, bursting into flames and is falling...oh..! This is one of the worst...oh...!
It’s a terrible sight...oh..!.. and all the humanity.”
-Herb Morrison
On May 6th, 1937, a Zeppelin airship of Germany called the Hindenburg set off for its first North Atlantic
The skeleton was made of an aluminum structure. The blimps design was 15 main rings made of aluminum making the central frame. Then the remaining frame was welted to those 15 rings then covered with non flame-retardant cotton. Then the cotton itself was painted. It was painted with cellulose acetate butyrate and aluminum powder, both of which can be combustible alone. Aluminum powder can be explosive or flammable if mixed with air, it is used in liquid and solid rocket fuels, and used in thermite, which is an incendiary. It also burns and orange-red depending on other elements being present at point of ignition. The cellulose acetate butyrate is combustible and used in everyday items such as hairbrushes. Thought it was painted with the same substance throughout it was not painted with the same amount of coats throughout. The top had more layers of “dope” paint to sustain from lighting strikes and the bottom was painted with a top coat of reflection “dope” paint to fool the people below. Inside the Hindenburg, there were 16 gas filled pockets. These pockets were filled with hydrogen instead of helium because it is less dense than Helium. (Side note: The fact that hydrogen is less dense than helium is proven because of Avogadro. He stated that if you have two different gases at the same pressure and the same temperature then they would have the same amount of particles. But then that would lead to say that one mol of
On May 6th, 1937, it was told to be raining which is a reason the Hindenburg did not land at it designated time. It was delayed over the Atlantic for several hours. Some scientist have asked, if it had been a spark that ignited the paint then it would have had to generate enough energy to first evaporate dew off of skin and then still possess enough energy to ignite the “dope” on the skin. Once again, the skin was made of aluminum powder and cellulose acetate butyrate. CAB contains low moisture absorption. It effectively resists weathering and ultra-violet radiation. Though it is not effective against alcohol, alkalis, paint removers, and acetones. Since the compound contained aluminum powder, an alkaline metal, could this have over powered it so the “dope” paint absorbed a small amount of water? It could have, but only if the aluminum powder was in a ration of 50 to