oxygen canister

Portable air tank

An oxygen canister is a portable container holding compressed or liquid oxygen for breathing.

Scuba divers, mountain climbers, pilots, and medical patients use them when ambient air is insufficient: The firefighter grabbed a fresh oxygen canister before entering the building.

Emergency oxygen canisters on aircraft deploy automatically when cabin pressure drops.

Related
  • tankLarge storage vessel
  • airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
  • deep breathThorough filling of lungs
  • pressureForce upon contact
  • flowUnbroken forward movement

mask · portable · breathing · emergency · emergency supply · first aid · metal · nasal cannula · cylinder · survival kit · running low · container · scuba · scuba diving · hyperbaric chamber · airline safety · tube · storage

Categories
  • canisters
Opposites
oxygen availability

oxygen canistersuffocation

Fatal lack of air

vacuum chamber · vacuum · asphyxiant · asphyxiation · oxygen deprivation

air source type

oxygen canisteropen air

Unenclosed outdoor space

fresh air · outdoor air

effect on breathing/life

oxygen canistertoxic gas

Harmful airborne substance

nerve agent · chlorine gas

Family

oxygen, canister, oxygenate, oxygenated, oxygenation, oxidant, oxides, canisters

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G