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Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Armstrong, Station Cryogenics Division technician, purges a cryogenic hose over a liquid oxygen pan at the Navy Cryogenics Division building here July 9. The process of purging clears the hose of excess oxygen or nitrogen particles. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Armstrong, Station Cryogenics Division technician, purges a cryogenic hose over a liquid oxygen pan at the Navy Cryogenics Division building here July 9. The process of purging clears the hose of excess oxygen or nitrogen particles.

Station Cryogenics shows how cool science can be

August 1991, a young navy cryogenic technician assigned to the USS Independence was creating a small amount of liquid oxygen in a liquid oxygen pan. Not exercising proper safety, the sailor stepped in the pan, and the small amount of pressure from his foot was all it took to create an explosion that incinerated the sailor instantly and blew a hole

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