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From: Aaron saarons@*****.colostate.edu
Subject: More story stuff - Rat, do NOT look
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 07:45:24 -0600
>Mongoose
>
>P.S. Oxygen does not burn, and cannot be ignited. It is, by definition,
>and
>oxidizer, and its presence in large amounts makes other things burn somewhat
>more easily. It is NOT explosive, nor is pumping a bunch of oxygen into a
>room liable to cause an explosion.

"Large amounts" = O2 levels are raised to make it about 25% of the
atmosphere, then the conditions become *much* more explosive.




S. Aaron Spriggs, Bugologist
Entomologists know how to spread 'em and pin 'em.

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