[TheForge] New material absorbs oxygen

[Rob Fertner]

Scientists have developed a material that absorbs oxygen, stores it, and can
be made to release it later.
One spoonful can absorb the oxygen in a room. They looked at medical
applications, but I'm wondering more industrial applications.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140930113254.htm?utm_source=fee
dburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fstrange_science
+%28Strange+%26+Offbeat+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

This could make the storage of oxygen safer with oxy=acetylene set ups. I
wonder if a few grains of this stuff in a flux would reduce scaling when
forge welding...

Rob
Wichita, KS