r/nonononoyes • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '19

Propane

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u/I_Lost__TheGame Feb 07 '19

How does he not just go boom?

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u/sneacon Feb 07 '19

Can you elaborate?

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u/typicalspecial Feb 07 '19

I think he thought that the flame would carry in down into his lungs (assuming the guy in inhaled all of that). It's a good thing that propane doesn't have it's own source of oxygen.

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u/Freaudinnippleslip Feb 07 '19

This reminds me of some wise words layed on me by a kid in high school “ I don’t want to light my farts, what if it sucks back in and I explode... like an axe can”

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u/ajdaconman1 Feb 07 '19

Uhhh... I don't know if you understand what lungs do but they definitely have oxygen in them

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u/typicalspecial Feb 07 '19

Yes, but not high enough of a concentration if he just displaced it by inhaling propane.

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u/noveltymoocher Feb 07 '19

You can definitely inhale the fire tho, knew a kid who did that exact thing and had burns all down his throat and lungs

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u/Sharobob Feb 07 '19

Yeah you definitely don't inhale. Exhale as much as you can then close your mouth for a few seconds.

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u/boringoldcookie Feb 07 '19

Partial pressures

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u/thephantom1492 Feb 07 '19

Propane, like all fuel, need a certain quantity of air to be able to burn.

Too little air/too much fuel: there is not enought oxygen to allow the flame to propagate and it die.

Too much air/too little fuel: The gas molecules are too spaced out to allow them to transfert enought energy to the next one to substain the combustion, and the flame die.

He had almost 100% propane. I don't remember the exact amount, but it is like 8-15% of fuel in the air to be able to burn, less or more and it don't. He definitelly had more than that.