To: xzins
Fuel is mostly hydrogen H and Carbon C in some combination.
When burning, it combines with oxygen O and makes CO2 and H2O, which together are heavier than the fuel was.
12 posted on
03/14/2015 2:38:57 PM PDT by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: BitWielder1
For the exact numbers, you have to know the composition of jet fuel, which I don't.
Suffice to say that oxygen is 18 times heavier than hydrogen. That's where the weight gain comes from.
16 posted on
03/14/2015 2:43:44 PM PDT by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: BitWielder1
“Fuel is mostly hydrogen H and Carbon C in some combination.
When burning, it combines with oxygen O and makes CO2 and H2O, which together are heavier than the fuel was.”
Dammit, had I thought about that for a second, that would have been the obvious answer. That is my old engineer punishment for spouting a comment without thinking about it, while drinking...though I have an excuse as I just got off a 29 hour plane journey so my brain is mush
17 posted on
03/14/2015 2:47:58 PM PDT by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%ij)
To: BitWielder1
...and tons of O2 is provided by the incoming combustion air.
Sorry, I am just learning to use an iPad, and haven’t figured out how to copy and paste the post I’m respondin to
28 posted on
03/14/2015 3:12:45 PM PDT by
publius911
(If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
To: BitWielder1
FTA: "One gallon of jet fuel burned creates about 19 pounds of C02."
Absolutely ridiculous!
54 posted on
03/14/2015 4:47:17 PM PDT by
houeto
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