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Leo Lichtman
 
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Jon Elson wrote: (clip) Oh, yeah! LOX condensation can cause some very
strange events.
^^^^^^^^^^^
At the Shell Chemical plant in Martinez, where they make ammonia (NH3), they
had a lot of liquid oxygen, and no use for it, so they just let it evaporate
in an open tank. People used to throw in candy bars, etc, just to see the
fireworks, so the company had to put a cover over the tank.