Compressed Air???

GuardianAngel · 02-02-2008, 09:33 PM

I was cleaning my computer with compressed air and it tilted down and the watery cold kind hit my finger, I also have a cut on this finger, is this okay? Has anyone ever had this happen?

brian · 02-02-2008, 09:45 PM

its fine, it evaporates quickly. no harm

voyagerfan99 · 02-03-2008, 02:14 AM

It's only liquid CO2.

brian · 02-03-2008, 02:17 AM

nope, its something else... it is highly flamable. (dont ask) anyway co2 needs to be at a presure of 800psi before it is a liquad...

its not that high

oscaryu1 · 02-03-2008, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GuardianAngel

I was cleaning my computer with compressed air and it tilted down and the watery cold kind hit my finger, I also have a cut on this finger, is this okay? Has anyone ever had this happen?

As long as you didn't spray that watery stuff into the computer

The cut you might want to look to... Although it should be fine.

Yeti · 02-03-2008, 03:07 AM

Compressed air is typically R134a (tetraflouroethane) which is non-toxic and non-flammable so you should be fine. Butane was used years ago but discontinued because of its flammability. CO2 has a critical temperature of about 88 F so it would be impossible to use it unless kept beneath that temperature, as well as the high pressures needed which was mentioned.

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brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 3,714	nope, its something else... it is highly flamable. (dont ask) anyway co2 needs to be at a presure of 800psi before it is a liquad... its not that high __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista ultimate \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

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voyagerfan99 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,043	It's only liquid CO2.

02-03-2008, 03:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
Yeti VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,278	Compressed air is typically R134a (tetraflouroethane) which is non-toxic and non-flammable so you should be fine. Butane was used years ago but discontinued because of its flammability. CO2 has a critical temperature of about 88 F so it would be impossible to use it unless kept beneath that temperature, as well as the high pressures needed which was mentioned.