oxygen bottles

Portable air supply

Oxygen bottles are portable containers holding compressed or liquid oxygen for breathing.

Divers, pilots, mountaineers, and patients with respiratory conditions rely on them when atmospheric oxygen is insufficient or unavailable: The climbers checked their oxygen bottles before attempting the summit.

Also called oxygen tanks or oxygen cylinders.

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spaceflight · mask · flow · emergencies · aviation · high altitude · rebreather · tank · acclimatization · regulator · hypoxia · mountaineering · hyperbaric chambers · nasal cannula · valves · pulse oximeter · pressure gauge · hose

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gas contents

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Containers of lifting gas

breathing source

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Unenclosed outdoor space

fresh air · thin air

life support function

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Absence of matter

gas masks · rebreathers

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