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You are getting your misconceptions confused.
1. Viton will NOT burn as easily in HP 02 atmospheres as a rubber O ring. Check
any physical chemistry reference book.
2. Viton will NOT give off poison gas in a scuba application.
3. Nevertheless, Viton O rings are NOT necessary in scuba applications.
4. The B.S. about viton O rings is overshadowed by the bigger lies about O2
cleaning; especially those who insist on O2 cleaning Nitrox tanks for use with
premixed EANX 36.
I wonder how many suckers have purchased "nitrox regulators" and "nitrox" valves
yet. Doesn't anybody see the pattern here?
Andy Cohen
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Xavier Merlin wrote:
> I did see an email (from a dutch divers newsgroup : nl.sport.duiken)
> mentioning an incident involving vitton O-rings
> giving off poisonous gas and killing the diver.
> This did happen in France.
> Does anyone know more about this ?
> Besides giving off poisonous gas, the vitton O-rings seems to
> catch fire at a lesser temperature than regular O-rings.
> Is this true ???
> Xavier Merlin
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