Dutton
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RE: Deadliest gas on the world?
"Oxygen alone won't combust without a spark. Think about it -- ambulances and hospitals often carry around canisters of 100% oxygen, and they are usually just fine. But they do have to be careful about keeping sparks away -- the "no smoking" signs in hospitals aren't just for preventing lung cancer.Like many highly exothermic reactions, the combustion of oxygen has an activation energy -- there needs to be an initial bit of energy introduced to the system to get the reaction going.Happy breathing," - The Science Line
[url] http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=954[/url]
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2012, 08:19 AM by Dutton.)
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