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Yes, the term most frequently encountered for the catastrophic failure of a compressed gas cylinder that results from overheating is BLEVE (rhymes with Chevy: acronym for "boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion"). The term more accurately describes the explosion of a non-pressure-rated container, such as a drum or tank, during a fire.
BLEVEs can happen but typically, the overpressure (blow-out) disk releases pressure before the wall of the cylinder fails. Contamination of the tank with combustible materials, such as grease, could result in a detonation during filling.
Mechanical damage to the cylinder more frequently results in turning the cylinder into a projectile propelled by the gas escaping through the broken valve. Unusual situations such as accidentally striking an arc on the tank wall with a welder or unwittingly filling a tank that had been painted using a heat-curing process that weakens the cylinder walls could result in an explosive failure.
Oxygen, itself, is not an explosive though.Explosives are technically those substances that produce supersonic shock waves when detonated. Oxygen gas would be an oxidizer.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoNo.
But it can make other things burn quite rapidly.
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∙ 8y agoYes. A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen is highly explosive. Igniting this mixture will form water vapor.
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∙ 11y agoOnly in contact with some organic materials as greases, oils, etc., in mixtures with hydrogen, etc.
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∙ 10y agoA contact with hydrogen or organic compounds at a high temperature.
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∙ 10y agoNo. See the link below.
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∙ 11y agoNo.
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No
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No
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Spark from mixing.
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Lol trying to blow up the ocean
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it will blow up!
Can wind ever defeat fire?
light a match and blow on it. What happens? (only with adult supervision) Only the lack of oxygen puts out a fire, wind fans the flame. Blow slowly and the match stays lit. A quick blow displaces the oxygen with your carbon dioxide. Oil well fires are put out by an explosion using up all the oxygen,
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did not blow up
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When did Mercury blow up?
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how to blow up a bloon
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