On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 05:39:55 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
> scribbled some thoughts:


>
>"Andrew H. Carter" > wrote in message
>>
>> Tell, you what, how about going into a oxygen rich room and
>> then striking a match then come back if possible and report
>> your findings.
>
>It is still not considered a flammable gas, but an oxidant. It support
>combustion but does not cause it. FWIW, a portion of my income is from
>handling oxygen so I took the time to learn a little about it.
>

I should think the definition needs to be changed.

http://www.bocindustrial.com/safety/..._of_oxygen.asp

Smoking

Many burning accidents which occur are triggered off by the
lighting of a cigarette, therefore it is impossible to
over-emphasise the danger of smoking in oxygen enriched
atmospheres or where oxygen enrichment can occur. In such
areas smoking must be forbidden.


So it's okay to strike up a match in an oxygen rich room?

If you cannot have a fire without oxygen, then what praytell
is oxygen, a fire retardant? Will hydrogen burn in the
absence of oxygen?

The point being that two chemicals which produce flames
under the right conditions can put up fires of a certain
type (non-electrical, non-chemical).

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