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Line 37: [[potassium chlorate\|Potassium]] and [[lithium chlorate]], and [[sodium perchlorate\|sodium]], [[potassium perchlorate\|potassium]] and [[lithium perchlorate]]s can also be used in oxygen candles. An explosion caused by one of these candles killed two Royal Navy sailors on {{HMS\|Tireless\|S88}}, a nuclear-powered submarine, under the Arctic on ~~March~~ 21, March 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Johnson\|first1=C. W.\|title=Degraded Modes and the ‘Culture of Coping’ in Military Operations: An Analysis of a Fatal Incident on-board HMS Tireless on 20/21 March 2007\|url=http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~johnson/papers/JWSSC2009/Degraded_Modes.pdf}}</ref> The candle had become contaminated with hydraulic oil, which caused the mixture to explode rather than burn.<ref>{{cite web \|title = 'Oxygen candle' caused explosion\| url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/22/sub_blast_oxy_candle/ \| publisher = The Register \| last = Page \| first = Lewis \| date = 22 March 2007 \| accessdate = 2013-09-04 }}</ref> ==Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generators==

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