What Concentration of Oxygen Will Cause an Explosion

Oxygen acts as a combustive accelerant, but it is not a flammable material and lacks an explosive threshold. It won’t chemically explode or combust from oxidation reactions, even at 100% concentration.

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Nonetheless, high concentrations of oxygen can readily trigger explosions when they encounter heat from friction or electrical sparks in the presence of combustibles, like some organic compounds.

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