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To: deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or* (Richard Pyle)
Subject: Re: O2 fills
From: Frank Deutschmann <fhd@in*.ne*>
Cc: rbell@cp*.or*
Cc: AHDNN1A.DDRAKE01@ed*.co*
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 18:35:24 -0400 (EDT)

Richard Pyle sez:
> However, some friends
> of mine who used to use scuba or oxygen cylinder valve to regulate the
> fill rate found that in a short time the teflon valve seats were burned away.

Realize that you will ultimately end up breathing the by-products of this
combustion, particularly carbon monoxide.  (Teflon combustion in O2-rich
atmospheres is rapid and incomplete.)

-frank
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