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pscyanescens
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Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full?
#6481462 - 01/21/07 12:38 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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I was told that a empty oxygen cylinder weighs the same full. I swear i can tell a difference when i drop off my tanks, and i think the empties weigh less.
However the owner of Apex (my oxygen supplier) in Santa Cruz claims that there is no difference in the weight. I figure he should be credible if he owns the damn place, or runs it whatever.
I still find this hard to believe.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481486 - 01/21/07 12:54 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Considering oxygen is indeed matter... and all matter has mass... it has to weigh more.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481491 - 01/21/07 12:59 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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pscyanescens said: However the owner of Apex (my oxygen supplier) in Santa Cruz claims that there is no difference in the weight.
Whaaa? He should know better.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481494 - 01/21/07 01:01 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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full cylinders of gas weigh a hell of a lot more than empty ones. Air is heavier than people think.
If you put a cylinder around the eiffel tower, the air inside would weigh more than the tower does.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481497 - 01/21/07 01:03 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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No. While gases have relatively small densities, there is no way a gas compressed in a tank wouldn't add a qualitative amount of weight.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: NobodyCares]
#6481527 - 01/21/07 01:28 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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He explains it by saying that determining the atomic weight of oxygen is almost immeasurable. He goes further by saying that if oxygen weighed any considerable amount, then the oxygen above us would be crushing us and making us "feel really heavy" i believe he put it.
My other friend goes to ask if the gas was compressed or liquefied. I don't think it is liquid. Do any welders or fellow glass blowers no if the small industrial tanks are liquid?
I am pretty sure the liquid oxygen tanks are the huge ones that leak a certain percentage everyday, due to the pressure it is under.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481536 - 01/21/07 01:31 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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OK my tank is a 249 psi size.
Due to the fact that it is PSI i don't think it is liquid. With liquid i doubt they measure the tanks using preasure. I could be wrong.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481541 - 01/21/07 01:32 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Does a shot glass of liquor weigh more when it's empty or full?
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481561 - 01/21/07 01:44 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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The oxygen and nitrogen above us does "feel really heavy" it's called atmospheric pressure, and it's why our blood would boil in a vacuum. For a tank around 250 PSI, I would guess that it's just pressurized, but not enough to be liquid. Do the tanks feel cold to the touch?
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: GnuBobo]
#6481574 - 01/21/07 01:49 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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GnuBobo said:
Does a shot glass of liquor weigh more when it's empty or full?
Who said we were even talking about liquids here?
Not to mention i am really talking about a noticable difference in weight. And i doubt if i could tell blind folded the difference in weight between a full and empty shot glass.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481584 - 01/21/07 01:54 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Nope the tanks don't feel cold. Not durring or after using them.
When liquids that boil at low temps turn are converted into gas by boiling, it causes a reduction in temperature. This is similar to how household air conditioning works. For this reason i don't believe my tanks are liquid.
SO........ does your air compressor weigh more full or empty?
Is this the same question?
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481675 - 01/21/07 03:36 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Dude--the reason a tank is weighted at a given number is because it contains that weight of pressurized gas.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: GnuBobo]
#6481802 - 01/21/07 07:26 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Dude--the reason a tank is weighted at a given number is because it contains that weight of pressurized gas.
True!
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He explains it by saying that determining the atomic weight of oxygen is almost immeasurable. He goes further by saying that if oxygen weighed any considerable amount, then the oxygen above us would be crushing us and making us "feel really heavy" i believe he put it.
Compressed O2 has a molar mass of 32g/mol At 17atm(249psi) there is 0,695moles of O2/litre if your tube is 5l then the compressed air weighs 111g
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6481902 - 01/21/07 08:54 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ive just weighed two identical O2 cylinders (one empty one full),, i only have electronic bathroom scales but one weighed in at 0.05 and the other 0.06...
You can feel a difference when you pick them up anyway,,, kinda obvious.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: Mike_yy]
#6481933 - 01/21/07 09:18 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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What about a tank of helium?
Does that weigh more or less when full..... ponder ponder.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6482016 - 01/21/07 10:03 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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My Ktanks break my back! More so when they are full. They feel like they gain almost double. What i really want to get is a Dewar tank. But that ways 800 some odd pounds.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6482024 - 01/21/07 10:07 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Small tanks are not liquid. Liquid oxygen has to be at something like -118 Celsius. Anything warmer and it boils and becomes gas. Liquid ox LOX is often held in a Dewar tank.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: pscyanescens]
#6482041 - 01/21/07 10:19 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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yea, those tanks are heavier when they are full... i used to be into glass blowing. I think the large one's even say the weight on them "full=xx Lb, Empty=xx Lb" but i could be wrong on that. I think i remember there bieng about a 40lb difference, 120-80 full/empty, but again, i could be wrong, it's been awhile.
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
#6482130 - 01/21/07 11:11 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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Corporal Kielbasa said: Small tanks are not liquid. Liquid oxygen has to be at something like -118 Celsius. Anything warmer and it boils and becomes gas. Liquid ox LOX is often held in a Dewar tank.
I was just going to say this.
Liquid oxygen is rocket fuel!
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Re: Does a empty oxygen cylinder weigh the same full? [Re: Madtowntripper]
#6482133 - 01/21/07 11:13 AM (17 years, 1 month ago) |
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To a lesser degree yes it is. Hydrogen is where it's at though, or as W_S would say helium3 is where it's at.
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