[ARC5] Turbine Oil

[J. Forster]

More likely, the silicone oil makes a non-conducting coating on the
Residual Gas Analyzers used to detect Freon leaks in a sub. Freon leaks
are taken very seriously as a sub does not want to have to surface because
all the food is rotten.

That's also the reason aerosol cans were banned. One spritz of deodorant
would set off the Freon alarms.

Silicone oils are very bad news in anything vacuum. They will render RGAs
useless.

-John

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> I was stationed on a nuclear submarine.
> The missile technicians smuggles some silicone oil onboard.
> They used it to shine the stainless steel on the missile tubes.
> When the nukes and the doc found out about it they went ballistic.
> It appears that the vaporized silicone oil causes glazing problems
> with the commutators on the motor generators.
> This required additional mg set down time and maintenance.
> Something about the silicon being an atmosphere contaminate caused
> the docs response.