[TheForge] New material absorbs oxygen

[Paul Sperbeck]

Combine it with an air compressor and a small heater and you will never 
have to see the airco folks again for  oxygen cylinders...


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On 10/05/2014 08:15 AM, Rob Fertner wrote:
> 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
>
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