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Old 2009-02-28, 5:29pm
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Brent,

It is not the *pressure* of the Oxygen, it is the *concentration*. At standard atmospheric concentration (21%), oil is a combustible. At some higher level, oil becomes flammable. At an even higher concentration, it can spontaniously combust.

Obviously, an elevated temperature can also contribute to this.

Does this make sense?

Malcolm
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