A useful reference:
http://www.gmcscuba.com/engineering_nitrox.htm Global Mfg. Corp. / Techsupport
That article only discusses GOX at relatively high pressures and at least room temperature. If one was working with LOX, the temperature and pressure would be much lower. How does this effect the risk/danger of explosion?
I'm surprised to see that they claim adiabatic compression to be the source of GOX-related accidents. To initiate combustion both the fuel and the oxidizer have to be at proper temperatures. By definition, adiabatic compression doesn't transfer heat outside of the gas. So how does the fuel get hot enough to combust? Maybe they should call it near-adiabatic compression, or maybe non-adiabatic compression.
-- Brandon Fosdick http://www.terranspace.org
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