hydrogen

Hydrogen versus Helium
(Taken from wiki on Lifting gas:[]) [|Hydrogen] and [|helium] are the most commonly used lift gases. Although helium is twice as heavy as (diatomic) hydrogen, they are both so much lighter than air that this difference is inconsequential. Both provide about 9.8 [|N] of lift (1 newton is the force required to accelerate 1 kg at 1 m/s2) per cubic meter of gas at STP. The lifting power in air of hydrogen and helium can be calculated using the theory of [|buoyancy] as follows: The density at sea-level and 0 °C for air and each of the gases is: Thus helium is almost twice as dense as hydrogen. However, buoyancy depends upon the //difference// of the densities (ρgas) − (ρair) rather than upon their ratios. Thus the difference in buoyancies is about 8%, as seen from the buoyancy equation: The negative signs indicate that these gases tend to rise in air. Thus hydrogen's additional buoyancy compared to helium is:
 * [|Air] (ρair) = 1.292 kg/m3.
 * [|Hydrogen] (ρH2) = 0.090 kg/m3
 * [|Helium] (ρHe) = 0.178 kg/m3
 * Buoyant mass (or effective mass) = mass × (1 − ρair/ρgas)
 * Therefore the buoyant mass for one m3 of hydrogen in air is:
 * 0.090 kg * (1 − (1.292 / 0.090) ) = −1.202 kg
 * And the buoyant mass for one m3 of helium in air is:
 * 0.178 kg * (1 − (1.292 / 0.178) ) = −1.114 kg
 * 1.202 / 1.114 ≈ 1.080, or approximately 8.0%

Hydrogen Safety
NOAA Hydrogen Balloon Filling Procedures []

Do not let your Hydrogen mix with a significant amount of Oxygen. []

Do not touch an inflated H2 balloon with a high temperature source (this was a test to see the results) []

Hydrogen will not burn/explode without Oxygen []

[|Hydrogen MSDS]

[|Copper Beryllium Adjustable Wrench]