On Friday 20 November 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: >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 > Thanks for confirming my suspicions, Les. That reaction will no doubt also leave some co behind, a much more dangerous gas.
>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 > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> A political man can have as his aim the realization of freedom, but he has no means to realize it other than through violence. -- Jean Paul Sartre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
