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Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!

Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling

Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,

But someone still was yelling out and stumbling

And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—

Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,

As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

 

The green sea Wilfred Owen ...

11.01.23 04:23 PM - Comment(s)
The Silent Killer


Most people are aware that carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas, many people indeed have carbon monoxide alarms in their homes, and it is commonplace for industries in which carbon monoxide is present to have personal and fixed gas detection equipment to protect the people working there.

 

Carbon m...

24.11.22 11:51 AM - Comment(s)
The mysterious case of gases appearing underground

It seems well accepted by people who work in underground environments, often confined spaces, that there is the possibility of finding gases there, such as methane and hydrogen sulphide, but does anyone actually know how they got there?

 

Cue the music and call for Sherlock!

 

Lets start by lo...

05.07.21 12:59 PM - Comment(s)
10 things which make gases more dangerous than a raptor riding a shark with a machine gun!


Being safe around gases is a health and safety topic all of its own, but did you ever wonder why gases are considered so dangerous?  Here are ten good reasons;

 

1.  Gases don’t stay where you put them!  The biggest difference between a gas and a liquid is that a liquid (pretty muc...

09.04.20 09:29 AM - Comment(s)