Carbon dioxide is 66% oxygen (CO2). As aluminum is very active it will strip oxygen out of the CO2. That is also the reason why you should never use a CO2 fire extinguisher on magnesium fires.
Les Andy Pugh wrote: > I am fairly sure it would displace the oxygen (being heavier) and so > would both cool and reduce oxide formation. > > You might have hit on a cunning plan, and it would look cool too. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
