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I. “SCOPE
kl CLASSIFICATION (Single
copies
of thisspecification
andotherproduct
,.,
specifications
required
byactivities
outside
theFederal
This specificiiicm
1.1. Scope.”. covers Gove.ment
.Qxygen charge for,,
biddingpurpoeeaareavailable
without
at”th~GerreraI
SeMces Administration
Regional
forindustrial
uses. Offices
inBoston,NewYork,Atlanta, Chicago;
Kmeaa
.: City,Me.,Dallas,Denver,
SanFrancisco,
ha Angeles,
1.2 Classification. Seattle,
andWashington,D.C.
(Federal
Government activities
mayobtain copies
of
1.2.1 Types.,Theoxygen shallbefurnishedFederalSpecifications,
Standards,andHandbooks and
inthefollowingtypes,asspecified
(see6.2): theIndexof Federal. Specifisatione,
Standards,
imd
Handbooksfromestablished
d~tribution
points
intheir
TypeI—Gas(industrial or technical). agencies.)
TypeII—Liquid
(indust~al
or technical).
MilitaryStandards:
MIL-STD-101-Color Code,for Pipeline
2. APPLICABLESPECIFICATIONS, andforCompressed
GasCylinders.
STANDARDS,AND OTHERPUBLICA- MIL-STD-129-Marking forShipment
and
TIONS Storage.
ands~ndards.Thefol-
2.1 Specifications MIL-STD-147-Palletized UnitLoads(40”
lowingstandards,of t~eissuesineffectondate )( 48”) 4-lVayPartialand4-lVayPal-
of invitation
forbids,formapartof thisspecifi- lets.
cationto theextentspecified
herein: (Copies
ofMilitam specifications,
st.mdards,
drawings,
FederalStandards: ‘ and publications
requiredbycontractors
inconnection
.W withspecific
procurementfunctions
shouldbeobtained
Fed.Std.No. l(X&Preservation, Pack- fromtheprocuring activity
orasdirected
by,thecon-
,.
agingandPacking Levels. tracting
officer.) .. . .. .:
. Fed.Std..No.123-Marking for Domestic
Shipmerit(Civilian
Agencies). The’following”
2.2 Otherpublications:’ docu-
mentsforma partof thisspecificatiori
to the
(Activities
outside
theFederal Governmentmay extentspecified
herein.Unless otherwiseindi-
obtain
copiesof Federal
Specifications,
Standarda,
and cated,theissuesin effect
o ndate of invitation
Handbooh esoutlinedunder,
General
Information
in
theIndexof Federal Specifimtiona,
Stindar&,and forbidsshallapply.
Handbooksaqdattheprices indicated
intheIndex. National Bureau of Standards
TheIndex,whichincludes
cumulative
monthlysupple- Miscellaneous
PublicationM-191(1948).
mentsasiesued,
isforsaleona subscription
basisby
theSuperintendent
of Documents,
U.S.Government (Application
forcopies
should
beaddreased
to the
Printing
Office,
Washington
25,D.C. Notional
BureauofStandards,
Washington
25,D.C.)
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Code oj Federal~”Regrdation8: TABLE I—Table oj temperatures and gage

I 49 CFR 71-7&-Intemtate Commerce Corn- . gwes.wres (p. 8. i. g.)
mission Rules and Regulations for the
‘‘ Transportation’’>of Explosives and Other ~emperature Filling p-ma at 700F.

Dangerous Articles. oF.

1800 2015
(The Inters~te C.mnmermtimm~ion remdatio~.~ ~,.
a pati of tbe Cd. of Federaf Regulations (Revised 40 ...... ... ... 1239.5 13s98 1479.1
1930) availablefrom the Supmirdemdent of Documents, -48 . . . . . . . . . . . . ,.,,124&9 133n,7 1491.2
GovernmentPrinting.06ice,WaeJ@tO? 23,?..C; ,,~de? , . ~ :. ,.’ i i i ‘“.” ~ 135+3 :- 139M 15U3.4
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~houfd. cik “49 CFR ?1-?S “{Rev. 195S)?’) 44 . ....... .... 12s7.s 1402.5 1515.6
12773 14133 1527.9
. ~m~
1424s 1.5403
13902 14333 1552.4
13115.6 1446.1 1604.6
1315.1 1457.0 1576.S
1324,6 1467,9 1549.1
3.1 Pnrity.
... .,... .;: .-;<,.,,,,. .>.,;!,:,, .,;,, .,!..; ... . . .... .1334.1 1478.s 16012
13435 l@.6 16133
1332.9 1600.4 16253
3.1.1 Type I, oxygen gas shall contain not
13623 15113 16373
less’ than .99.5 percent by volume oxygen, when
1371.7 15222 1649.4
tested as specified in 4.3.1. 13s1.1 1523.0 1661.5
1300.5 1643.3 1673.7
1339.9 1354,5 164-5,9
3.1.2 Type II, liquid oxygen, when gasified, M093 15632 1693.1
shall meet the requirements of type I, oxygen 141s.7 16?6.0 1710.4
ga8 (see 4.3.1). 1423.1 1586s 1723.6
1437.4 1697.6 1734.6
1446.3 1603.4 1746.6
3.2 Impurities. Oxygen shall be odorless 14542 16193 175F.6
(see 4.3.2) and free from all contaminant.% (No 1465.6 16302 1770.7
1475.0 1641.1 1783s
specific test is recommended for drying agents,
14843 1651.9 li94a
due to tbe many agents which rnigbt be used. 1662.6
1493.6 1806.8
Whenever the oxygen gas has been in contact 1303.0 16733 13188
with drying agents, tbe gas shall be tested by 1512.4 163LI 1830.9
a method approved by the Goverrnrient and shall 1521x 1694.9 1s42,9
.1631.1 1705.6 1854a
be free of such agents to tbe extent required by
1340.4 17163 18656
tbe use to which the gas is to be put.) 1549.7 172Z0 1376.4
1359.1 173713 13903
160s.4 1748.6 1902.2
3.3 Moisture. Type I oxygen shall contain 1577.7 17662 19142
not more than 5 ti]litem of separated water 16s7.0 1769.S 1926.1
per cyliider at room temperature when &t-d as M03 17s05 1928.3
speci6ed in 4.3.3. 1603.6 17912 19502
1614.9 12J113 19023
16244 1812,6 19743
3.4 Filling pressure. Tbe gage pressure of K43.6 13323 KW.3
each sample oyliider shall he checked in accord- 1842s m34.o 19X3
1662.1 16448 2010.4
ance with 4.3.4. Cylinders shall be filled to the
IW1.4 1S55.6 2024
necessary pressure at the dlling temperature to 1670.7 1s352 2U343
assure that tbe net contents are as specified (see 1679.9 1376.9 2046.1
6.2). Table I, which is ha.wd on Miscellaneous 10892 13375 2057.9
Publication M-191, shall be used to make neccs. 1698.4 1s032 2069.7
1707.7 1W6.9 2081.6
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T.4BLE I-Table oj temperaturesand gage and valvesinstalled
3.5 Cylinders therein
pressures(p. E.i. g.) (cent’d.). shallnotleakwhentestedas specified
in4,3.5.
3.6 Drying.Internaldwiu oftheCYlinderS)
Temperature Filling
pressures
at70”
F.’
whenrequired,
shallbeaccomplished
byheating
“F.
1800 2015 2200 inanovenorwaterbath,orbypassing
hot,.dry,
waterpumpednitrogenthroughthe cylinder.
52 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1716.9 19195 2093.4 Eachcylinder
driedshallbetestedformoisture
54 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1726.1 1930.0 21052 content
afterfilling.
56 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1735.4 1940.6 2117.0
%“’ ............ 1744.6 1951.1 2128.9 4. SAMPLING,
INSPECTION,
ANDTEST
62. . .,. . .. ......
60 . .... . ‘1753.9 1961.7 2140.8
. ........... ‘1763.1 19723 2162.6 PROCEDURES
I 6,, . . . . . . . . . . ... U723 1982.9 2164.4
66 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1781.5 1963.6 21762 4.1 Thesupplier is responsible
for theper-
68 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1790.7 20043 2188.1 formance of allinspection
requirementsas“speci- <‘“’:”
‘“
70............ .... . ‘ 1800.0 2015.0 2200.0 fiedherein.Exceptas otherwise specified,
”the
72............ 18092 202.5.5 2211.9 suppliermayutilizehisownorMIY otherinspec-
.’ 74............ 1818.4 2036.0 2223.8
;. tion facilitiesandservicesaCce@able to the
76............ 1827.6 20465 2235.7
78............ 1836.8 2057.0 2247.6 Government. hspectionrecordsof theexami-
80 . . . . . . . . . . . . M40.1 2057.6 2259.6 nationandtestsshallbe keptcomplete and
82 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18553 20782 2271.5 availableto theGovernment asspecifiedinthe
8’”. . . . . . . . . . . . 1864.4 2088.9 2283.3 contract
ororder.TheGovernment reservesthe
86 . . . ...’.... . . 1673.6 2099.6 2295.0
88 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1882.9 2110.4 2306.6 righttoperformanyof theinspections
setforth ‘$$;?J%s
90 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1892.1! 2121.1 ,2318.3 in thespecification
wheresuchinspectionsare
92............ N012 2131.6 2330.1 deemed necessary
toassuresupplies
andservices
. . 94............ 1910.4 2142.1 2341.9 conform to prescribed
requirements.
$;.... 96............ 1919.6 2152.7 2353.7
98............ 1928.8 21632 2365.6 4.2 SampIing.
100 ............ 1938.0 2173.8 2377.5
102............ 1947.1 2184.3 2389.3 4.2.1 Whencylinders
arefilledby compres-
104............ 1956.3 2194.8 2401.1
106............ 1965.4 2205.3 2412.9 sionof gaseous oxygenby themanufacturer,
108............ 1974.6 2215.8 2424.7 eachsetof cylinders
charged ona martifoldat,
110............ 1983.8 2226.3 2436.4 onetimeshallmakeuponelot. Thenumber of
112............ 1992.9 2236.8 2448.1 samplesshallconformtotableII forthelotsize .-.,, ”--
114............ 2002.0 2247.3 2459.8 or fraction
thereof.
116............ 20112 22278 2471.4
118............ 2020.3 22ti83 2483.1 TABLE 11.—Inspection
so-mplesz.
120............ 2029-5 22788 2494fJ
122............ 2038.6 22893 2506.6 of aamplee
Number Lotsize
124............ 2647,7 2269s 2518.4 .—
<; 126............ 205623 2310.4 25302 1 ....................................... 1-1o
I 128............ 2066.0 2320.9 2542.0 2 ....................................... 11-40
130............ 2075.1 2331.4 2553.8 3 ....................................... 41-70
132 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2084.2 2341.9 2565.5 4 ....................................... 71andW
134 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20933 2352.4 2577.1
136 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2102.4 2362.9 2588.8 ‘ Eachcylinder selectedfor tedng shallhaveap-
138.. . . . . . . . . . . 21115 2373.4 2600.4 1 cubicfoot of gas withdrawn
proximately before
140 . ... ........ 2120.6 2383.9 2612.1 sampling
foralftestaexceptfortheseparated
watertest.
142..... ....... 2129.7 3394.4 2623.7
I 144............ 2138.8 2404.9 263.5.3 4.2.1.1 In caseswheregaseous oxygenis
146 . ........... 2147.9 2415.5 2647.0 compressed intocylindersfromthevaporization
148 ............ 2157.0 2426.0 2658.6 of liquidoxygen, thefollowingalternate
proce-
150 . ........... 2166.1 2436.6 2670.3 di.weforsampling shallbefollowed:Fromthe
initiaI
fiIIingof theliquidstoragesystem
each
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day, or upon addition of new poti]ons of liquid
oxygen to’ the system, cylinders from the first
manifold charged shall be sampled in accord-
ance with table II. Therefore during that day,
or until new amounts of liquid are added to’ the
storage system, ,one cylinder shall he taken at
random for’ test froni each 20 filled.
4.2.2 Type II, liquid o-rygcn. A sample shall
be. ,.dram. from each fiquid container. The
&ple fray be dr8&’ from’ the I@id and
vaporized completely in the sampling. fiie ‘“o*
may be drawn from the vapor apace of the con-
tainer. Sufficient” gaseous oxyg& shall” be per-
mitted to. flow through the sampling fine in order
to cornpletdy, ,dlsplace. ;the air .befme coupfing
to the test “&uipment. Samples shall be “tested
for purity in accordance with 4.3” and 4.3.I, and
odor in accordance with 4.3.2.
4.3 Teat procedures. All chemical tests
shall be made with analytical reagent grade
chemicals and dktiiled water. Samplec, taken
in accordance with 42, shall be tested for purity
(see 4.3.1.1, or other method approved by the
procuring activity) ; for odor, in accordance with
4.3.2; for moisture, in accordance with 4.3..3;
for pressure, in accordance with 4.3.4; and for
leakage, in accordance with 4.3.5.
4.3.1 Purity. All type I, oxygen gas selected
as specified in 4.2,1 and type II, liquid oxygen
selected as specified in 4.2.2 shall be tested for
purity in accordance with 4.3 or 4.3.1.1.
,4.3.1.1 Purit~ test, t~pes I and II ozggen.
The test for purity shaff be conducted as follows:
Place a cnfficient quantity of mercury in a 100-
cublc centimeter calibrated gas measuring
burette provided with 8 two-way stopcock and
a two-way outlet, and properly connected with
a liquid leveling tube. Connect one of the outlet
tubes of the burette with a gaa pipette of suit-
able capacity. Place in the pipette a coil of
copper wire which ex6ends to the uppermost
portion of the bulb, and add about 125 c. c. of
ammonium chloride-ammonium hydroxide test
solution (made by mixing equal volumes of
water and 27 percent concentrated ammonia;
then saturate with ammonium chloride). Dm.w
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the fiquid (free from air bubbles) through the
capillary opening connection and stopcock opcu-
ing in the burette hy, reducing the pressure in
the burette tube and opening the stopcock con-
trolling connection with the gas pipette, Then
close the stopcock. Having completely filled the
burette, the other stopcock opening, and the
other intake tube with mercury, draw into the
burette exactly 100 c. c. of oxygen by reducing
the preqsmre in the tube. Close the stopcock. In-
crea~ the prescure on the oxygen in the burette
tube; and open the stopcock controlling the con-
nection: with the gas pipette. Force the entire
volunie of gas into the pipette. Close the stop- ..
cock, and rock tbe pipette gently, providing
frequent contact of the liquid, gas, and copper
spiral, At the end of 15 minutes most of the gas
will have been ahsorbed by the liquid. At thk
time, to facilitate absorption of the last portion
of the oxygen, draw some of the liquid into the
burette tube, and force the residual gas back ..... ,,X*,;,,
upon the surface of the liquid in the gas pipette. .:+9>.,,?:,-,
Again rock the pipette until no further diminu-
tion in the volume of the gas occurs, Draw the
residual gas, if z-my, into the burette tube, and
measure its volume. The ,volume of gas remain-
ing undissolved shall not exceed % c. c. The
ammonium chloride-ammonium hydroxide solu-
tion may he used for leveling purposes if desired.
4..3.2 Odor. Type I and type II cylinder or
liquid container’s selected as specified in 4.2.1
and 4.2.2 shall. be subjected to the following
test: The cylinder valve shall be cracked and
the escaping gas smelled. Pure oxygen is odor-
less and tasteless. Cylinders received for refill
which have an odor present shall be” treated in
accordance with 3.6 before filling. Filled cylin-
ders having an odor shall be rejected.
4.3.3. Moisture. Type I oxygen cylindeis
selected as specified in 4.2.1 and 4.2.1.1 shall be
tested for separated water by supporthg the
cylinder at mom temperature in an inverted
position for 5 minutes. Then allow the gas to
leak out very slowly into a suitable dry 25-
millilibm grridwtted container for 1 minute.
(Caution: Rapid escape of gas will cause dis-
persion of water.) Collection of 5 or more milli-
liters of water shall be cause for rejection.
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4.3.4 Fillingpressure.Thefillingpressure Commission Regulations. Whenspecified (see
shallbedetermined bymeans of asuitablegage 6.2),eachcylinder shallalsobemarked witha
installedonthemanifold orbymeans ofa gage complete descriptionof thecontentsasspecified
attached to eachcyliider.Thefilling tempera- inthecontract or orderunder whichtheship-
tureshallbedetermined bymeans of a suitable mentismade.Thisinformation shallbemarked
thermometer, thebulbof whichis in contact onasuitable tagfirmly wiredtothecylidercap.
withtheoutside wallof thecylinder.Thetem-
perature needbedetermined ononlyonecylinder 5.2.1Militaryagencies.In addition to th$
fromeachmanifold filling.Thesametempera- marking specified
in 5.2,allcylinders shallbe
tureshallbeusedfor allcylinders filledfrom marked in accordance withMilitary Standard
thatmanifold atthesametime. MIL--STD-129. Therequirements of.Military
Standard MIL-STD-101 shallapplyforGov- ,.-. ~“
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..... 4.3.5Leakage. For typeI oxygen,each ernment-owned cylinders. ..............:..:.,
j.,-:-:. ...,:.
filledcylinder shallbe testedfor leakage by
brushing a soapsolution over.
thecylinder and 5.2.1.1 AllGovernment-owned cylindersfor
all portions of thevalve.Bubbling indlcaws typeI, oxygen gasshallbepainted inaccordance
leakage. - withMilitaryStandard MIL-STD-101.
4.4 Inspectionof preparation for de-
livery.Inspection of thepackaging, packing, 5.2.2Civilagencies.Inaddition tothemark-
andmarking shallbe performed to determine ingspecified in5.2,s hipping
containersshallbe
conformance withtherequirements specifiedin marked i n accordance withFederal Standard
No.123. m
5.1and5.2.
5. PREPARATION
FORDELIVERY 6. NOTES
(For Civil agencyprocurement,Federal
Standard
No.102should
bereferred
tofordefini- 6.1 Oxygen coveredby thisspecification is
1 tionsandapplications of thevarious levelsof intendedforuseinindustrial applications
such
packaging protectionfor supplies andequip- aswelding. Oxygen formedical useshould be
ment.) purchasedunder therequirements of theU.S.
Pharmacopoeia (currentrevision)..Aviator’s
5.1 Packaging andpacking (levels
A,B,and breathing oxygenshouldbe purchased in ac-
C). Allfilledcylinders andliquidoxygen con- cordancewith MilitarySpecification MIL-
tainers,whether Government-owned or con- 0–21749or .NHL-O-2721O. Liquidtechnical
tractor-furnished,
shallbepackaged andpacked oxygenfor missile useis covered by Military
in accordance withthe Interstate CommerceSpecification MIL-P-25508.
Commission Regulations.Cylindersshallnotbe
filledif thedateof thelasthydrostatic testis 6.2 Ordering dat~ Procurement documents
morethanfiveyearsbeforethedateof filling. should specifythefollowing:
i’ Thecontractor shallperform hisusualinspec- (a) TMe,number, anddateof thisspecifi-
1 tionandcleaning toassure thatallcontainers
are
I cation.
freefromcontamination andsuitable for ship- (b) Typerequired (see1.2).
mentandstorage. (c) Netcontent of filledcylinders
(see3.4).
(d)Whether thecylinders willbe furnished ~
5.1.1 Whenspecified (see6.2),thecylinders by thecontractor withoutcostto the -’.. .:
shallbepalletized inaccordance withMilitary Government for returnwhenempty;
Standard MIL-STD-147, exceptthattheunit whether theGovernment willfurnish
quantity onthepalletshallnotexceed a maxi- thecylinders forcharging;
orwhether
mumweight of 2100pounds. cylinderswillbefurnished bythecon-
5.2 Marking.Allcylinders shallbemarked tractorandremain thepropertyof the
in accordance withtheInterstate Commerce Government.
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(e) When cylinders should be paltetized (see Motor volume minimum weight 30,000
5.1,1). pounds.
(f) When cylinders should be marked with
Type II, Oxygen, gas, liquid.
description of contents (see 5.2).
Rail: Carload minimum weight 60,000
6.3 Oxygen should be purchased on the basis pounds.
of the cubic foot or the U. S. gallon at 70°F. and
760 mm. Hg. Oxygen is commercially available Motor volume minimum weight 60,000
in cylinders having rated capacities of 55, 110, pounds.
200, 210, 244, and 300 cubic feet. Type II Notice. When Go.emme.t drawings, specifications,
oxygen may also be purchased by the pound O? other data are used for any purpose other than ‘in
or tbe ton. Tbe following conversion factors for connection with . dednitely related Government Pro-
liquid oxygen shall he used: curement operation, the Utited States Government
thereby incum no responsibility nor ..Y obligation
Cubic feet oj gaseous ozygen at 70” F. whatsoever; and tie fact tbut the Government may
Unit
and 760 mm. Hg. have formulated, furnished, or in anY way supplied the
said drawing?, spe.ificstiom, or other dsta is not to be
Gallon 115.2 regarded by implication or otherwix as in any mmmr
([iquid) licensing the bolder or my other person or corporation,
Pound 12.08 or conveying any rights or perrnimion to manufacture,
W, or sell any patented inventionthat may in my way
6.4 Transportation descriptions. Trans- be related theteto.
portation descriptions and minimum w-eights ap-
plicable to this commodity are: M1f.fTARY CUSTODIANS:
Amy<t?
T~pe I, Gas, oxygen, othm than fiquid.
Navy--ships
Rail: Carload minimum weight 30,000
pounds. Air Fom-MAA

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