Re: [Shop-talk] Quick welding question- It's ok to use an 100% argon tank on it's side, correct?

[Jeff Scarbrough via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>]

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On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 10:55 AM Arvid via Shop-talk <
shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:

> *Acetylene* gas is mixed in *liquid* acetone for safe storage and usage.
> Acetone in *acetylene cylinders* helps stabilize the gas making it
> non-reactive within the *cylinder*. In this process, *acetylene* is
> dissolved in *liquid* acetone under high pressure. The *cylinder* is then
> filled with porous material like firebrick.
> <http://autox.team.net/archive>

As they say, "Nature is metal AF."   Who would rationally think that
dissolving something in acetone would make it less dangerous?

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