"Steve W." writes:



As a medic who uses "medical" oxygen a lot. You basically have steel
tanks, aluminum tanks and some stainless steel.

Steel are usually higher pressure units, used as vehicle born or
stationary tanks feeding into a manifold. There are steel portable tanks
still out there but they are a dying item. As they fail hydro they are
replaced by aluminum.

Stainless are usually liquid oxygen for hospitals and bulk transport.


And guess which you use in the MRI suite...

BTW, there are also fiberglass O2 bottles. I knew a SF Ranger
who made HAHO insertations. The only metal he carried was
the barrel/receiver of his weapon & ammunition, and that in a
graphite bag to minimize the radar signature. (The boots had no
metal islets, etc.) He described the procedure as "....cold..."

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