Norse1974

OP, dont listen to these guys....You do your thing as long as your in another state away from me. lol

siggyfreud

I stand corrected.

However, liquid oxygen on its own is not explosive. I'm sure in an engine it could do wonderful things lol. But I believe like NOS, it's a catalyst. But I'm no chem engineer . . .

Ford_Dude

the N in NOS makes it more stable they did test pure O2 way back when and found it was far to unstable
DO NOT HOOK PURE O2 to your engine

and hopegully there are restrictions to prevent you from buying LOX

hawkeye18

Boy, you sure as hell got that right.

LOX is un****ingbelievably explosive, and will detonate (not explode, detonate) upon contact with grease of any sort. This includes the oils on your hands. On board aircraft carriers (on board which I work), the LOX plant is a very carefully controlled environment that is kept to laboratory-clean standards. Its workers wear special boots with no wax of any sort on them (wax will detonate LOX), and wear special gloves to work with it. It has basically bomb-proof doors with a separate fire extinguishing system that will extinguish all fire, and life, in it within seconds should a fire develop. That's how big a deal it is.

Please don't handle LOX, any of you, if you don't have the requisite training (of which there is lots) and experience. It is some dangerous stuff, and will kill you, and everybody within 25 feet of you, in an instant if you make the slightest error.

Alec

I sure as hell hope you know what you're doing and have the knowledge/certifications/experience/etc to do so. Not exactly something I'd play around with

Ford_Dude

and that is why I don't go near LOX or LH2 for that matter (I know enough to stay the **** away from that)

though in the right setup it would be interesting to see that detonation (ie video camera plc controled robot ect)

Young_Gun

I have my chemicals. It was used to cool and boost WWII aircraft engines. I'm keeping it secret for now, but my friend who took AP chemistry says its a go for testing. I just need to find a way to compress the 2 gas elements into liquid form, and the liquid element controlled. I'm going to buy a cheap 4cyl engine to test my theory on.

aaquib1992

Dude, I took that class in high school too... Then I got to college and realized how worthless it was.

You have my blessing, but I think this might end in disaster if you don't have a sterile lab/controlled environment to do the work in.

siggyfreud

Yes but technically doesn't it need another added chemical to become explosive? That's what I was saying.

Ford_Dude

oil on your skin, oil on cylinder walls, oil in the intake from the pvc, ect ect