Sentences with phrase «pure oxygen at»

The 90 - minute treatments exposed patients to pure oxygen at two times the atmospheric pressure.

Burning gasified coal in pure oxygen at high pressure concentrates the carbon dioxide, making it far easier to capture.

Not exact matches

One, as at the Schwarze Pumpe, involves the oxyfuel process: burning coal in pure oxygen to produce a stream of CO2 - rich emissions.

But in January 1967, during a trial countdown on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy, a short circuit next to some flammable material in an atmosphere of pure oxygen produced a sudden inferno.

After the opening scene - setting chapters, the reader is well rewarded with many nuggets: the story of his tramps around France mapping its geology; his fortitude in redistil - ling pure water for 101 days to prove that it would not turn into «earth» (he later proved that it consisted of hydrogen and oxygen); his marriage; his tests for tobacco adulteration; his brush with death at the gunpowder factory; his examination of mesmerism; his tragic final years; and, of course, his main discoveries and contributions, including his exchanges with the English scientist Joseph Priestley.

One, as at Schwarze Pumpe, involves the oxyfuel process: burning coal in pure oxygen to produce a stream of CO2 - rich emissions.

Air is 21 percent oxygen; combine pure oxygen with acetylene, a chemical relative of methane, and you get an oxyacetylene welding torch that burns at over 5,500 degrees Fahrenheit — the hottest fire you are likely to encounter.

is best experienced as pure sensation — a rollercoaster that ratchets you uphill for miles, until the lack of oxygen makes you lightheaded, then plummets you at 200 miles per hour through one of those haunted house rides in which something horrific pops out at you around every turn.