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CONTROL & DESIGN
STANDARDS: MONITORING |
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Experience has shown that approximately
one-half of all parts cleaned fail to meet either the particulate or
the nonvolatile residue specifications for liquid oxygen systems. The
use of liquid oxygen requires the maintenance of scrupulously clean systems.
Once a mixture of lox and petroleum-based surface contaminants is ignited,
the reaction may proceed violently, even explosively. |
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