38 Strong oxidants

Replace common air with oxygen-enriched air.
  • Scuba diving with Nitrox or other non-air mixtures for extended endurance

Replace enriched air with pure oxygen.
  • Cut at a higher temperature using an oxy-acetylene torch.
  • Treat wounds in a high pressure oxygen environment to kill anaerobic bacteria and aid healing.

Expose air or oxygen to ionizing radiation.
  • No specific example

Use ionized oxygen.
  • Ionize air to trap pollutants in an air cleaner.

Replace ozonized (or ionized) oxygen with ozone.
  • Speed up chemical reactions by ionizing the gas before use.
TRIZ principe 38


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This principle is rarely used with 48 instances in the matrix.

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