[TheForge] Vapor/Gas (Was: Building a propane forge)

[Steve Bloom]

At 03:12 PM 2/19/2004 -0500, Mikey wrote:
>On the other hand steam only expands to 1000 times its original volume as
>water, and propane only expands 270 times its original volume as a liquid.
>A Gas by definition will expand to fill what ever space is available.

and if you released the gas in space ....how much volume would it 'occupy'.
Would it magically stop diffusing when it hit 1000x the original volume?
Check your initial assumptions - like maybe 1000x at 1 atm pressure and
standard temperature.  In other words, this looks like a case of leaving off
the usual weasel words that we scientist just love to tack on....

>Something is still not right here. Once again we come back to why didn't 
>they just
>say gas? My head is aching.

Steve
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