Re: How can an oxygen tank explode?

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 23:12 6/13/01 -0400, Eric Lane wrote:

> How can an oxygen tank explode?
>
> Prof. Eric T. Lane  318 Grote Hall  423-755-4523  eric-lane@utc.edu
> Physics Dept.2352, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN 37403


An oxygen tank can explode if overheated. But as an astronaut crew
found to their cost, a high oxygen atmosphere supports nearly
spontaneous combustion, which can be as lethal for a smoker as it
was for them.


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>  Altus OK
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