[AR] Re: Explosive decompression of o-rings with helium

  • From: Robert Watzlavick <rocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 07:42:48 -0500

I would love to use some hard or soft metal o-rings but I can't find them anywhere in small quantities. I'm going to try using an AN901-6A (aluminum crush washer) for my next LN2 cold test. A publication I found specifically mentioned not to use them with boss ports but with my dry testing, it looked good to me and it might good enough work for cryo at low pressures. K-Seals would be ideal but I was unable to purchase them in small quantities the last time I tried.

-Bob

On 08/19/2015 10:34 PM, Anthony Cesaroni wrote:

Wouldn't designing your system with stainless steel O rings eliminate the issue? We use them on our oxidizer flanges including cryogenic and they seem to work quite well.

Anthony.

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On Aug 19, 2015, at 11:19 PM, Troy Prideaux <GEORDI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:GEORDI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:



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