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Re: [Shop-talk] Quick welding question- It's ok to use an 100% argon tan

To: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Quick welding question- It's ok to use an 100% argon tank on it's side, correct?
From: David Scheidt via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 17:31:37 -0500
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> On May 8, 2020, at 10:19, Jeff Scarbrough via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.t=
eam.net> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
>> 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. Acet=
one in acetylene cylinders helps stabilize the gas making it non-reactive wi=
thin the cylinder. In this process, acetylene is dissolved in liquid acetone=
 under high pressure. The cylinder is then filled with porous material like f=
irebrick.
>>=20
> As they say, "Nature is metal AF."   Who would rationally think that disso=
lving something in acetone would make it less dangerous?

Since acetylene explodes at about 15 psi, dissolving it inacetone is clearly=
 a great idea.=20=

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<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; 
charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div 
dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On May 8, 2020, at 10:19, Jeff 
Scarbrough via Shop-talk &lt;<a 
href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net";>shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>&gt; 
wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div 
dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" 
class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 10:55 AM Arvid via Shop-talk &lt;<a 
href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net";>shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>&gt; 
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p><b 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Acetylene</b><span 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">&nbsp;gas
        is mixed in&nbsp;</span><b 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">liquid</b><span 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">&nbsp;acetone for 
safe storage
        and usage. Acetone in&nbsp;</span><b 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">acetylene 
cylinders</b><span 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">&nbsp;helps 
stabilize the gas
        making it non-reactive within the&nbsp;</span><b 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">cylinder</b><span 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">. In this
        process,&nbsp;</span><b 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">acetylene</b><span 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">&nbsp;is dissolved 
in&nbsp;</span><b 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">liquid</b><span 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">&nbsp;acetone
        under high pressure. The&nbsp;</span><b 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">cylinder</b><span 
style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">&nbsp;is then filled 
with
        porous material like firebrick.</span></p></div><a 
href="http://autox.team.net/archive"; rel="noreferrer" 
target="_blank"></a></blockquote><div>As they say, "Nature is metal AF."&nbsp; 
&nbsp;Who would rationally think that dissolving something in acetone would 
make it less dangerous?</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div>Since 
acetylene explodes at about 15 psi, dissolving it inacetone is clearly a great 
idea.&nbsp;</div></body></html>
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