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PSA, everyone please watch this.
Try to watch it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ-fBgzwikA&feature=player_embedded#at=14
When I worked in a lab that used such tanks I remember we had to use a strap to secure each one to a bench.
We were told very bad things can happen if one falls over.
SNIP: ompressed gas cylinders are powerful concentrations of potential energy. Any pressure vessel used to store gases at above-atmospheric pressure can be described as a bomb (or at least bomb-like). Under the wrong set of circumstances, they can release that energy in lethal explosive events.
http://www.xpresstags.com/blog/hazards-of-compressed-gas-storage/
Try to watch it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ-fBgzwikA&feature=player_embedded#at=14
When I worked in a lab that used such tanks I remember we had to use a strap to secure each one to a bench.
We were told very bad things can happen if one falls over.
SNIP: ompressed gas cylinders are powerful concentrations of potential energy. Any pressure vessel used to store gases at above-atmospheric pressure can be described as a bomb (or at least bomb-like). Under the wrong set of circumstances, they can release that energy in lethal explosive events.
http://www.xpresstags.com/blog/hazards-of-compressed-gas-storage/