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Leak Test

06/29/2012 6:24 AM

Hi all, Which is the safe way to use while doing leak test, nitogen or water? Regards
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06/29/2012 6:37 AM

Always use an incompressible fluid to a higher pressure, first.

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06/29/2012 6:44 AM

...because if the device you are testing fails a compressible gas could be released with violent consequences. Using an incompressible liquid a failure is much less dramatic and less dangerous. You can find videos of explosions from containers failing with compressed air.

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