To begin with, let's figure out what oxygen cylinders are, or rather gas cylinders. Gas is not necessarily household (with which you heat your apartment, or cook food with it), it can be both oxygen and carbon dioxide, as well as chlorine, nitrogen, etc. In this article we will figure out how much the weight of a full oxygen cylinder, and also consider some facts.
What is a gas bottle
This is most often some kind of metal (but not necessarily) vessel under high internal pressure, since the dimensions of a household cylinder are not very large, and a lot of gas needs to be contained. To do this, it is compressed, but some of the gases turn into a liquid state. This should not affect how much the oxygen cylinder weighs. Some of the liquefied gases are:
- Chlorine.
- Nitrous oxide.
- Ammonia.
- Carbon dioxide.
Some of the gases remaining in their normal state:
- Oxygen is the topicour article.
- Hydrogen.
- Helium.
- Methane and other gases.
Before you figure out how much an oxygen cylinder weighs, let's analyze its design.
It consists of a cylinder, a bottom and a neck to which various devices are attached, such as valves. All cylinders undergo a mandatory quality check, as the pressure in them is very high, and, as a result, they can explode.
How much does an oxygen tank weigh
I can't say for sure, since the balloons can be of completely different sizes. We will consider the most popular type.
A standard oxygen cylinder, made in accordance with GOST, holds 40 liters of gas, it weighs about 65-75 kilograms. The pressure in such a "vessel" is 19.6 MPa, which is approximately 193 atmospheres.
This cylinder holds approximately 11.5 kilograms of oxygen. Adding these figures, we can conclude that the cylinder filled with oxygen weighs from 76 to 86 kilograms.
So, we hope that from this article you have learned how much an oxygen cylinder weighs with and without contents.
