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[dandy4951]

Take a look at the table below, the more combustible the material/element is, the higher the numbers, Hydrogen is the top of that particular list, and don't tell me gasoline is not highly combustible.



Heat of Combustion for some common fuels
Fuel kJ/g kcal/g BTU/lb
Hydrogen 141.9 33.9 61,000
Gasoline 47.0 11.3 20,000
Diesel 45.0 10.7 19,300
Ethanol 29.7 7.1 12,000
Propane 49.9 11.9 21,000
Butane 49.2 11.8 21,200
Wood 15.0 3.6 6,000
Coal (Lignite) 15.0 4.4 8,000
Coal (Anthracite)27.0 7.8 14,000
Natural Gas 54.0 13.0 23,000