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posted by [identity profile] duriyah.livejournal.com at 02:40am on 18/01/2007
"...cans of nitrogen (N2) and neon (Ne), with their store-advertised "purity" of 78.084% and 0.0018% respectively (which was our way of being clever about selling cans of normal air, since that's their percentage in the atmosphere..."

I am embarrassed to admit that I didn't imediately recognize the fact that the cans simply contained air.

Both nitrogen and neon are simple asphyxiants at 100% concentration, and both are extremely cold when in a liquid state. When compressed and shipped in bulk, both require placarding during transport.

But I'm fairly certain that shipping air is just fine and dandy.
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It's fun having scientists reading here.

posted by [identity profile] rfunk.livejournal.com at 03:07am on 18/01/2007
I'm fairly certain I never expected to end up with links to MSDS sheets on my LJ. ;-)
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posted by [identity profile] duriyah.livejournal.com at 03:16am on 18/01/2007
I'm happy to amuse you. Thank goodness all those years of annual OSHA-required 8 hour HAZWOPER refreshers have not gone to waste!
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