What is the optimal ratio of hydrogen to oxygen gas to release the most energy when ignited?
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Scott asked:
When filling a confined space with just hydrogen and oxygen gas, and then igniting the gasses, what is the optimal ratio of hydrogen to oxygen to release the most energy?
Also, what happens if you change the ratio? Do other ratios change the time, temperature, energy, etc. of the explosion?
When filling a confined space with just hydrogen and oxygen gas, and then igniting the gasses, what is the optimal ratio of hydrogen to oxygen to release the most energy?
Also, what happens if you change the ratio? Do other ratios change the time, temperature, energy, etc. of the explosion?