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• #NIST WEBOOK PROPANE PORTABLE#

Propane was discovered by the French chemist Marcellin Berthelot in 1857. Propane powers buses, forklifts, taxis, outboard boat motors, and ice resurfacing machines and is used for heat and cooking in recreational vehicles and campers.

#NIST WEBOOK PROPANE PORTABLE#

Propane gas has become a popular choice for barbecues and portable stoves because its low -42 ☌ boiling point makes it vaporise inside pressurised liquid containers (2 phases). Propane has lower volumetric energy density, but higher gravimetric energy density and burns more cleanly than gasoline and coal. The others include butane, propylene, butadiene, butylene, isobutylene, and mixtures thereof. Propane is one of a group of liquefied petroleum gases (LP gases). Discovered in 1857 by the French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, it became commercially available in the US by 1911. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel in domestic and industrial applications and in low-emissions public transportation. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure, but compressible to a transportable liquid. Propane ( / ˈ p r oʊ p eɪ n/) is a three- carbon alkane with the molecular formula C 3H 8. This cylinder is fitted with an overfill prevention device (OPD) valve, as evidenced by the trilobular handwheel. A 20 lb ( 9.1 kg) steel propane cylinder.