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The current main image is hydrogen in its plasma state, but it would make more sense to move that to Hydrogen#Phases. Then replace it with a new better image. Bennett27 (talk) 01:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would welcome your thoughts at Talk:Hydrogen infrastructure#Merge sub-topics into here Chidgk1 (talk) 18:00, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hydrogen's explosivity is listed here as 4% to 74% in air. It's more accurate to say its limit of detonability is 18% to 59%. See, for example, https://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/pdfs/h2_safety_fsheet.pdf, or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_safety "inerting and purging

This should be amended in the first paragraphs of the "properties" section. Saying it is explosive at 4% gives a false impression about its risks, and feeds into a common misconception that flammability limit = detonation limit. Indeed, citation [21] refers to flammability range, and does not appear to mention explosive mixtures.51.194.9.191 (talk) 13:33, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]