[TheForge] New material absorbs oxygen

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

From the article...

"A bucket full (10 litres) of the material is enough to suck up all the oxygen in a room."

Makes more sense.




On Oct 5, 2014, at 6:15 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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