[Tigers] BMW Gas (NOT Gasoline)

[Theo Smit]

In one of last year's Mythbusters episodes, they noted that the 
Hindenburg was covered with a two-layer finish, the first of which 
contained iron oxide and the second layer contained aluminum particles, 
which (in their hypothesis) caused a massive thermite type reaction when 
it was sparked. They built a model and lit it off in grand fashion, 
although I forget if the finish mixture they used for that demonstration 
was close to the real thing.

Theo

Scott Hutchinson wrote:
> I think the common wisdom is now that the silver nitrate (could have the exact compound wrong) in the fabric covering of the Hindenberg was what caused the fire and not the Hydrogen.