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One Spark
to discharge and ignite the vapors
inside. When it comes to static, small
details are enormously important.
" A spark that could ignite the Hindenburg
would be between 10 and 100
times too small for a human to even
feel, so we're talking about sparks
that you and I would never know happened-but
they're enough to cause
an industrial disaster, " Robinson said.
" That's one of our challenges. We're
trying to prevent things that most
people don't even realize happen
unless there's an ignition. "
One reason static can be so hard
to eliminate is because it is a fundamental
part of how the world works.
When two different materials touch-
such as your socks to a carpet, or a
flammable liquid flowing through a
hose-the atoms of one of the objects
(depending on its properties) will
give up some electrons to the other
object, creating a charge imbalance.
If the objects touch repeatedly, as
they do when you shuffle your feet
on a carpet, more and more electrons
will continue to be transferred until
the build-up is so great that the electrons
will look for ways to flee. If you
develop a static charge, for instance,
the next time you get near something
with a net positive charge, such as
a metal filing cabinet, those excess
electrons will jump from you to the
cabinet and result in a small shock.
Some processes and materials have
Web and sheet printing (top) and commercial spray painting are among the industrial
processes identified as potential sources of static electricity. GETTY IMAGES
near the ship's tail, the enormous craft
ignited in seconds and fell out of the
sky in a roiling inferno.
The Barton incident illustrates
how difficult it can be to completely
remove static electricity from an environment,
even when its potential to
cause catastrophic harm is well understood.
During its investigation, the
CSB learned that a combination of air
bubbles, the tank's fuel level, existing
sediment in the filling tank, and the
error of pumping the naphtha at too

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