[TheForge] allstate oxy-propane torch
Andy Vida
osan at netlabs.net
Mon Aug 16 15:36:46 EDT 2004
James Binnion wrote:
>
> Hi Terry,
>
> I found that site as well but it is the only one that I found that
> has the ratio of 1:5 that you posted for Acetylene Oxygen all the
> others list a ratio of 1.1:1 for actual torch usage or the
> theoretical of ratio of 2.5 : 1 . And your chemistry data also
> agrees with the 2.5:1 info not the 1:5 listed in the chart So I
> belive that they have a typo in their chart.
>
This sounds more like it. 21.5 times the amount of oxygen
seemed way out of whack. Less than twice the amount is
certainly plausible in my tiny mind.
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