[TheForge] New material absorbs oxygen

[Bruce .]

You could say the same thing about a bucket of coal, except that that is
essentially irreversible.  What are the kinetics -- how long would it take?

Bruce
NJ

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <
artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:

> 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
>
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> +%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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