To: Blueflag
It means that the nitrogen content has to be high enough to prevent the oxygen from being flammable. The nitrogen percentage in our atmosphere works the same way.
19 posted on
07/08/2020 1:33:44 PM PDT by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: RJS1950
Oh I get the science. I used to be a firefighter.
I am just commenting on the “journalistic malfeasance.
37 posted on
07/08/2020 3:34:15 PM PDT by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: RJS1950
Oxygen is not flammable. It is an oxidizer supporting combustion of something that IS flammable.
40 posted on
07/08/2020 4:13:31 PM PDT by
EMI_Guy
("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
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