Shimmy1
Senior Member
That's the point, Oxygen is an oxidizer, and the higher the pressure, the faster oxidation occurs, to the point where anything flammable, especially liquids, will self ignite from the heat of the oxidation. Oxygen creates it's own ignition source, violently. It's not a controlled risk, it's more like Russian Roulette.
Well said, Lantraxco. As a fire fighter, we learned right away the fire triangle. Fuel, air, heat. From the other posts, we know about pure O² properties as an oxidizer. My other point, I have never seen an oxygen regulator that doesn't have the words USE NO OIL somewhere on it, or the gauges.