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Commercial aircraft provide [[Emergency oxygen system|emergency oxygen]] to passengers to protect them in case of loss of cabin pressure. Chemical oxygen generators are not used for the cockpit crew, who are typically supplied using compressed oxygen canisters also known as oxygen bottles.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} In narrow body airliners, for each row of seats there are overhead [[oxygen mask]]s and oxygen generators. In some wide-body airliners, such as the [[DC-10]] and [[IL-96]], the canisters and oxygen masks are mounted in the top portion of the seat backs, since the ceiling is too high above the passengers.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} If a decompression occurs, the panels are opened either by an automatic pressure switch or by a manual switch, and the masks are released. When the passengers pull down on the mask they remove the retaining pins and trigger the production of oxygen.

The oxidizer core is [[sodium chlorate]] ([[Sodium|Na]][[Chlorine|Cl]][[Oxygen|O]]₃), which is mixed with less than 5