Everything you need to know about Oxygen

Often taken for granted, oxygen is integral to everything we do. Find out everything you need to know about oxygen here!

Oxygen is essential to life

– Its normal concentration in the air we breathe is approximately 21 %

– We can breathe in a 50-60% oxygen enriched atmosphere for several hours under medical care, but it is dangerous to do sowithout knowing the associatedrisks due to oxygen enrichment!

A spill of liquid oxygen creates a dense cloud of oxygen enriched air as it evaporates.The clothing of personnel entering the cloud will become enriched with oxygen.

When liquid oxygen impregnates the soil which contains organic material, e.g. wood, asphalt, etc.,a dangerous situation exists, asthe organic material is liable to explode when impacted.

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