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O2 tanks and summer heat
Jun 9th, 2011 at 5:09pm
 
It's been in the upper 90's here.  Is it okay to keep my E Tanks in the car when it's that hot? 

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Reply #1 - Jun 9th, 2011 at 5:43pm
 
From personal experience only, I keep a D-tank in my car year-round. The last few days it's been in the upper 90's and my car is still intact.
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Reply #2 - Jun 9th, 2011 at 9:20pm
 
Gay-Lussac's law states that for an ideal gas 

                
p ~ T


i.e. pressure is proportional to the absolute temperature.


Since oxygen is very close to an ideal gas, we can calculate the following example:

Starting at 'room temperature' of 20 C or 293 K absolute temperature (68 F in the old money) we must heat up the tank to 313 C or 586 K (1055 F on your weird scale) to double the pressure.
So, if you don't park your car in a forest fire, you shouldn't worry about an exploding tank.


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Reply #3 - Jun 9th, 2011 at 10:06pm
 
Thanks Ueli. Smiley
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Reply #4 - Jun 10th, 2011 at 9:05am
 
Thanks guys!
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