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Oxygen Candle Emergency Supply Educational Fact

The graphic has a solid black background, with white explanatory text at the top defining oxygen candles as devices that release oxygen when burned, used as emergency oxygen sources in submarines, aircraft, and space stations. Below the text is a photograph of a gloved hand holding an oxygen candle canister, displaying its label which notes that surface temperatures can exceed 400°C during use, alongside other product specifications including MPOG marking, lot number field, expiry date field, NSN number field, and partial usage instructions. At the bottom of the graphic, the content creator name "ULTRAFACTS" is printed in bright blue text.
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"oxygen candles", which release oxygen when burned. They are used as an emergency supply of oxygen in submarines, airplanes, and the space station.

Overview

The graphic has a solid black background, with white explanatory text at the top defining oxygen candles as devices that release oxygen when burned, used as emergency oxygen sources in submarines, aircraft, and space stations. Below the text is a photograph of a gloved hand holding an oxygen candle canister, displaying its label which notes that surface temperatures can exceed 400°C during use, alongside other product specifications including MPOG marking, lot number field, expiry date field, NSN number field, and partial usage instructions. At the bottom of the graphic, the content creator name "ULTRAFACTS" is printed in bright blue text.

Origin notes

This fact graphic is sourced from an RSS feed of the X (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg. It is content produced by Ultrafacts, a popular social media content creator that publishes short, shareable interesting educational fact posts formatted for distribution on social media platforms like X/Twitter.

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