You need something else along with the oxygen to cause combustion.
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marcos@lemmy.world 1 day agoGet a bottle of pure oxygen and open it over a tongue-simulator¹ to see what happens.
People usually use a hot-dog. But with oxygen, even a piece of wood is close enough.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Siethron@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
The mercury and Gemini space programs had cabins consisting of pure oxygen. And those astronauts were fine.