DCHAS-L Archives ยท Post dated April 18, 2019
From: Debbie M. Decker <dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Gas Cylinder Implosion Video?
Date: Apr 18, 2019 00:03 UTC
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
In-Reply-To:
Hi:
Does anyone have a video of a compressed gas cylinder imploding due to an internal vacuum?
We have the tanker car implosion video and assorted videos of regulators and valves getting sheared off but haven’t been able to come up with one that illustrates that internal vacuum is bad.
Thanks,
Debbie
Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow
Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety
Councilor and Programming Co-Chair
University of California, Davis
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