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Why specifically steel? -weight or stress-strain characteristics?
Buy a copy of Vance Harlow's Oxygen Hackers Companion. Chapter 7 "Tanks and Valves". Page 84. (Nothing to do with oxygen for this issue) Quoting:
"Note that all the discussion above is about STEEL tanks. Aluminum tanks, it cannot be overemphasized, handle stress very differently than steel, and absolutely CANNOT be overfilled in the same extravagant fashion as some divers overfill steel tanks."
The book explains this.
Bottom line: I like to buy new aluminum and vintage steel...
Buy a copy of Vance Harlow's Oxygen Hackers Companion. Chapter 7 "Tanks and Valves". Page 84. (Nothing to do with oxygen for this issue) Quoting:
"Note that all the discussion above is about STEEL tanks. Aluminum tanks, it cannot be overemphasized, handle stress very differently than steel, and absolutely CANNOT be overfilled in the same extravagant fashion as some divers overfill steel tanks."
The book explains this.
Bottom line: I like to buy new aluminum and vintage steel...