Yeah.  That's exactly what I was thinking.  Grin.

 

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On Behalf Of chiliblindman
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] propane

 

  

Bob, propane does not frost when exposed to oxygen. It is a simple property
of heat transfer. Anytime you have a liquid under pressure and release it to
a lower pressure area, the liquid will vaporize and absorb heat causing a
very cold spot. The frost is liquid propane frozen and water vapor frozen
that was in the air around the pressure drop area. They use this property to
make man-made snow at ski resorts. Water is pressurized to somewhere around
56 psi and sprayed with a certain orfice opening. The resulting pressure
drop chills the water vapor coming out to below 0 degrees F forming snow.
The temperature does need to be below freezing in order to keep it in state.
.............bob

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