GREETINGS FROM A NEW MENBER & IDEAS FOR THE ATMOSPHERE IN ISLAND ON Forum: SSI-List
Thread: GREETINGS FROM A NEW MENBER & IDEAS FOR THE ATMOSPHERE IN ISLAND ON
# 15377 bycfrjlr@... on July 24, 2001, 5:18 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
> ATMOSPHERE IN ISLAND ONE
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> > A pure Oxygen atmosphere is one hell of a fire hazard.
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> Savage argues that a 1/3 bar pure oxygen atmosphere would represent as much
> of a fire hazard as our 1 bar atmosphere with 1/3 of oxygen content. The
The nitrogen in ambient air acts as a buffer and fire retardant, so flames propagate more slowly than they would in 1/3 bar pure O2.