oxygen bottle

Diver's air source

A portable container holding compressed oxygen for breathing.

Oxygen bottles supply supplemental oxygen to pilots at high altitudes, scuba divers, mountain climbers, and patients with respiratory conditions.

The term is interchangeable with oxygen tank or oxygen cylinder: The climbers checked their oxygen bottles before ascending.

Related
  • tankLarge storage vessel
  • breatheExchange air through lungs
  • scubaPortable underwater breathing gear
  • cylinderCircular-based solid form
  • hospitalsInstitutions treating the sick

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gas contents

oxygen bottlenitrogen tank

Pressurized container for N₂

helium tank

breathing source

oxygen bottlevacuum

Absence of matter

open air · fresh air · thin air · natural ventilation · asphyxiation

life support effect

oxygen bottleasphyxiant

Gas blocking oxygen access

poison gas · toxic fumes · exhaust fumes · smoke · vacuum chamber

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G