[TheForge] Vapor/Gas

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> I've been told that GAS-oline does not burn.  But the gasoline VAPORS do.
>
> Is propane in the container liquefied petroleum gas?  And when it is
> released from the container as a gas it is Propane vapor????
>
> Excuse me, while I go drink too much coffee!!!
>
> Sunny and Cold on the west side of Puget's Sound.
> Jeff

About anything will burn, if it can conveniently bond with O2, and you apply
enough heat and O2, but with gasoline, there's an old trick, only to be done
on cold days, when the vapors aren't in evidence, where you can put a
cigarette out in the gasoline. It does work, I've seen it, but you won't
catch me doing it ;-) What happens is that the vapors catch, heating the
liquid, which then releases more vapors. I think the liquid gasoline  is too
dense to have enough O2 to catch ittself, but as the vapors are released,
they pull in O2, and you have your fire. It doesn't take much heat to
release the vapors, either.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

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