Liquid oxygen, sometimes abbreviated as LOX or LOXygen, is a clear cyan liquid form of dioxygen O2. It was used as the oxidizer in the first liquid-fueled...
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bulk liquid-oxygen storage containers, which stand outside hospitals and other institutions that need large volumes of pure oxygen gas. Liquid oxygen is...
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liquid rockets use a liquid fuel such as liquid hydrogen or RP-1, and a liquid oxidizer such as liquid oxygen. The engine may be a cryogenic rocket engine...
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Liquid breathing is a form of respiration in which a normally air-breathing organism breathes an oxygen-rich liquid which is capable of CO2 gas exchange...
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available, cheap and highly energetic. Oxygen is a moderate cryogen as air will not liquefy against a liquid oxygen tank, so it is possible to store LOX...
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of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contained the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. During lift-off and ascent it supplied the fuel...
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oxygen, and 1% argon, the density of liquid air at standard composition is calculated by the percentage of the components and their respective liquid...
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Kennedy Space Center on 11 June 2025, but it was scrubbed due to a liquid oxygen leak. The next attempt was postponed until 25 June 2025 6:31 am UTC...
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atmosphere. A liquid air cycle engine uses liquid hydrogen (LH2) fuel to liquefy the air. In a liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen rocket, the liquid oxygen (LOX) needed...
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Liquid nitrogen (LN2) is nitrogen in a liquid state at low temperature. Liquid nitrogen has a boiling point of about −196 °C (−321 °F; 77 K). It is produced...
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Cryogenic gas plant (redirect from Cryogenic oxygen plant)
purity liquid material such as oxygen or nitrogen produced by cryogenic plants is stored in a local tank and used as a strategic reserve. This liquid can...
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Liquid oxygen supplements are products that claim to add extra oxygen to the human body, most often through a chemical process in the digestive system...
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Rebreather (redirect from Oxygen rebreather)
rebreather which uses liquid oxygen. The liquid oxygen absorbs heat from the carbon dioxide in a heat exchanger to convert the oxygen to gas, which is sufficient...
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Starship rocket. The booster is powered by 33 Raptor engines that use liquid oxygen and methane as propellants. It returns to its launch site after propelling...
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cylinders, or as liquid oxygen in a cryogenic storage tank.[citation needed] Oxygen tanks are used to store gas for: medical breathing (oxygen therapy) at...
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therapy. Oxygen concentrators are used widely for oxygen provision in healthcare applications, especially where liquid or pressurized oxygen is too dangerous...
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High altitude breathing apparatus (redirect from Bottled oxygen (climbing))
ability to make efficient use of oxygen is key to keeping the units compact. Liquid oxygen is the liquid form of molecular oxygen. It has a density of 1.141...
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Oxyliquit, also called liquid air explosive or liquid oxygen explosive, is an explosive material which is a mixture of liquid oxygen (LOX) with a suitable...
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the production of liquid oxygen for steelmaking. Big American steelmakers were late adopters of the new technology. The first oxygen converters in the...
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Rocket propellant (section Liquid chemical propellants)
availability of high-performance oxidizers. Several practical liquid oxidizers (liquid oxygen, dinitrogen tetroxide, and hydrogen peroxide) are available...
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full-flow staged combustion cycle engines, which burn liquid methane (natural gas) and liquid oxygen. As of 2025,[update] Starship is in development with...
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to the unpaired electrons; liquid oxygen contained in a flask suspended by a string is attracted to a magnet. Singlet oxygen is the common name used for...
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kerosene and liquid oxygen. Although they are preferred in space launchers, the difficulties of storing a cryogen such as liquid oxygen in a missile that...
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nozzle and other parts before being mixed with the oxidizer, usually liquid oxygen, and burned to produce water with traces of ozone and hydrogen peroxide...
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Rocketdyne), the RS-25 burns cryogenic (very low temperature) liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants, with each engine producing 1,859 kN (418,000 lbf)...
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(93 mi). Towards the end of the second stage burn the Ship vented excess liquid oxygen, resulting in a fire in its aft section and loss of the vehicle. The...
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power a vehicle in flight. The engine is powered by cryogenic liquid methane and liquid oxygen, a combination known as methalox. SpaceX's super-heavy-lift...
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rocket fuel. Liquid-fueled rockets that use RP-1 as fuel are known as kerolox rockets. In their engines, RP-1 is atomized, mixed with liquid oxygen (LOX), and...
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launch vehicle developed by LandSpace. It is a liquid-fuelled rocket powered by liquid oxygen and liquid methane (methalox) and was the first methane-fueled...
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using some of the liquid hydrogen fuel stored on board. The resulting liquid air was then processed to separate the liquid oxygen for combustion. The...
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