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Can welding-grade oxygen be utilized in the BioPak oxygen cylinder?

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Can welding-grade oxygen be utilized in the BioPak oxygen cylinder?

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NO! Only medical or aviation grade oxygen, as specified in the manuals, can be utilized in the BioPak oxygen cylinders. Other grades of oxygen may contain high levels of contaminates, such as acetylene, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide or nitrous oxides, that may lead to user poisoning. Welding grade oxygen cylinders are actually filled with the same USP (United States Pharmacopoeia) oxygen grade as supplied for aviation or medical grade cylinders. The difference is that welding grade cylinders are not evacuated into a vacuum between fills and thus run the risk of containing contaminates (most notably acetylene) left over from improper use or closing by the previous owner.

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