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Yeah, LPG has a boiling point of minus 42. When it boils from leaking out into regular temps, it expands to vaporized gas (still ignitable) at an expansion rate of 270 times.
I would have been standing REALLY far back.
I would have been standing REALLY far back.
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Originally Posted by ColinRX7' date='Nov 12 2003, 12:42 PM
Yeah, LPG has a boiling point of minus 42. When it boils from leaking out into regular temps, it expands to vaporized gas (still ignitable) at an expansion rate of 270 times.
I would have been standing REALLY far back.
I would have been standing REALLY far back.
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Originally Posted by Srce' date='Nov 12 2003, 03:49 PM
[quote name='ColinRX7' date='Nov 12 2003, 12:42 PM'] Yeah, LPG has a boiling point of minus 42. When it boils from leaking out into regular temps, it expands to vaporized gas (still ignitable) at an expansion rate of 270 times.
I would have been standing REALLY far back.
I would have been standing REALLY far back.
he'll never tell...
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Anyone who works for a bottled gas company can list off all kinds of stats like that. My brother in law works for Airweld (welders in NYC have probably heard of them) and I've learned quite a bit of stuff from him.