On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 18:15:39 -0700, Arri London
> scribbled some thoughts:


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>"Andrew H. Carter" wrote:
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>> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 05:39:55 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
>> > scribbled some thoughts:
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>> >
>> >"Andrew H. Carter" > wrote in message
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>> >> 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.
>> >
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>> I should think the definition needs to be changed.
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>> 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?
>
>No because oxygen *supports* combustion even though it isn't flammable
>itself. That's basic chemistry.
>>
>> If you cannot have a fire without oxygen, then what praytell
>> is oxygen, a fire retardant? Will hydrogen burn in the
>> absence of oxygen?
>
>Yes certainly. We did that experiment in high school chemistry; hydrogen
>collected from the electrolysis of pure water and ignited by a spark.
>>

We did that too!, but it was in a room where oxygen was
present. I'm not talking cold fusion, I'm talking absolute
100% hydrogen combustion in a vacuum at least where there is
no Oxygen present at all, no other gas present except
hydrogen. I bet that did not happen. At the same time in
space where there is no oxygen due to the lack of gravity,
it would be curious to solve that riddle.

While burning hydrogen "produces" water and Oxygen, it
doesn't really, the combustion of such accumulates those
molecules/atoms.

Anyway, back to the point. Sodium and Salt are not the same
things. If such are, then one could say (like the marketers
do when they say: Sodium/Salt needs to be cut back):

"Oxygen/Water needs to be cut back, we consume too much of
it."

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