Re: LOX clenliness (was: peroxide compatibility question)

[email protected] wrote:
> A useful reference:
> 
>         http://www.gmcscuba.com/engineering_nitrox.htm
>         Global Mfg. Corp. / Techsupport

That article only discusses GOX at relatively high pressures and at 
least room temperature. If one was working with LOX, the temperature and 
pressure would be much lower. How does this effect the risk/danger of 
explosion?

I'm surprised to see that they claim adiabatic compression to be the 
source of GOX-related accidents. To initiate combustion both the fuel 
and the oxidizer have to be at proper temperatures. By definition, 
adiabatic compression doesn't transfer heat outside of the gas. So how 
does the fuel get hot enough to combust? Maybe they should call it 
near-adiabatic compression, or maybe non-adiabatic compression.

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Brandon Fosdick
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