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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 11:34:35 EST
From: "RANDY ZEILINGER (USFMDSPR) e-mail(usfmdspr@ib*.co*)" <usfmdspr@ib*.co*>
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Steel vs. Aluminum for O2 Cylinders
While we are discussing the steel vs. aluminum issue...                         
What happens to LP steels that are sometimes over-pressurized (ie 2240 tanks    
pumped to 3000)  How does metal fatigue enter the picture?                      

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Randy Z.                                                                        

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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 08:12:15 -0500                                           
To: Bob Favorite <rwfavorite@uc*.ed*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com               
From: Art Greenberg <artg@ec*.ne*>                                          
Subject: Re: Steel vs. Aluminum for O2 Cylinders                                

At 06:21 PM 3/12/97 -0800, Bob Favorite wrote:                                  
>    As far as steel vs. Al for O2 the increased O2 content can cause           
>rusting and the rusting uses up the O2 resulting in decreased pO2.  Al         
>will stop rusting once a surface layer of oxidation has formed but this is     
>not true for steel it will continue to rust until all the metal present is     
>oxidized.                                                                      

Bob,                                                                            

An interesting point, which raises questions:                                   

- Is there a rule of thumb (or anything more precise than that) that says       
how long a steel cylinder can be used for O2 service? (IOW, what's the          
expected lifetime in O2 service vs. expected lifetime in air or other low       
PPO2 service?)                                                                  

- Does this imply that steel cylinders used for O2 should be inspected more     
frequently than once per year?                                                  

- Since the rate of oxidation is related to PPO2, would it be wise to drain     
down and fill steel cylinders used for O2 service with OCA or any other         
suitable low PPO2 mix when not in use for a while?                              

- Does the way aluminum behaves imply that it's a bad idea to tumble            
aluminum cylinders used for O2 service?                                         

=Art=                                                                           

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