Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Propane tanks

["Greg Cotton" <gregc02@attglobal.net>]

Even if the condensing steam pulled a perfect vacuum (it wouldn't) and the tank collapsed, that 
would only equate to 33 ft depth in water. This might have something to say about propane 
tanks, at least one without ribs.



From:           	HeyCLOWNeY@aol.com
Date sent:      	Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:20:42 EST
Subject:        	Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Propane tanks
To:             	personal_submersibles@psubs.org
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> I spoke to a company about  ethyl mercaptan and they told me if i use
> bleach inside the tank it will convert the mercaptan to a much less
> odiferous compound,,then they advise steam cleaning the mercaptain out of
> the surface of the metal,,they did say that if the tank is still compleate
> to make sure it has a good opening,,they claim they have collapsed a tank
> ,a large tank when the steam cooled and created a vacum..also i have a
> freind,,a marine biologist at the brookhaven lab and he tells me
> mercaptain is a carcinagyn and is harm full even at 5 parts per million