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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 19:36:59 -0400
From: George Irvine <gmirvine@sa*.ne*>
To: "Andy W. Barclay" <abarclay@ka*.or*>
CC: Bob Killorin <rwk@ma*.at*.be*.ne*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: dangers of oxygen PS
Whoever the genius who wrote the aluminum cylinder needs to take his
misinformed head out of his ass and take a look at almost all medical
cylinders. Where do you morons come from? Stupidity in diving is
epidemic.

Andy W. Barclay wrote:
> 
> In a previous message, Bob Killorin wrote:
> >
> > PS.  I forgot to mention that I have heard that aluminum oxide (a dust that
> > can occur inside aluminum scuba tanks) burns very brightly and is a major
> > compoent in fireworks.  The theoretical danger of this dust igniting may be
> > the reason for not allowing O2 to be stored in Aluminum cylinders.
> 
> Oh, oh. I have been using aluminum cylinders for O2 for 2 years now. Guess
> I had better stop.... ;)
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Andy W. Barclay.        abarclay@ka*.or*
> Always a UNIX Evangelist (and sometimes a system and network architect)
> 
> Any fool without the ability to share a laugh on
> himself will be unable to tolerate programming for
> long. -Weinberg, p.152
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