Yup, as Barney also pointed out. Of course the liquid could not burn as it
contains no air. Has to be the vapors evaporating from the liquid. I stand
corrected!
Thanks
Gordie
> Gordie,
> Common misconception, but you are wrong only gas vapor can
> burn or explode.
> Think for a minute, why do you have to add extra fuel to a
> cold engine to get
> it to start? The reason is that gas is made up of a variety
> of different
> hydrocarbons that evaporate at different rates. Some
> evaporate easily, some
> are very hard to evaporate. The colder it is the less
> "heavy" hydrocarbons
> evaporate. As the temp goes down less and less gas vaporizes
> and more fuel
> has to be added to the engine to get enough "light"
> hydrocarbons into the
> engine so that the mixture gets rich enough to ignite. This
> is also why gas
> companies make "summer" and "winter" fuels. Winter vaporize
> easier, summer
> fuels have more "heavy" hydrocarbons to prevent vapor lock.
> There is a temperature gets low enough none of the gas will
> evaporate and a
> car will not start. (somewhere between -30 and -40 as I
> recall) Starting
> fluid on the other hand is a VERY light hydrocarbon (ether).
> This is also why an empty (except for vapors) gas can is far
> more dangerous
> than a full one.
> Rick
>
> In a message dated 03/24/2000 7:22:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> gb@the-bdc.com writes:
>
> > Mike,
> > > Liquid gas does not burn,
> >
> > Ah, I think it does. What it generally won't do however
> is explode, which
> > the vapors will.
> >
>
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