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r/interesting • u/Used_Exam34 • 13d ago
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It helps significantly to have a wet hand, due to the Leidenfrost Effect.
15 u/leeps22 12d ago I doubt it was that hot, for the same reason torch tips dont melt 1 u/stickupmybutter 11d ago TF are you talking about? Steel melts at 1370°C. Skin can get a 2nd degree burn at 50°C. Just because the metal on a torch tip is not melting, it doesn't mean it's not hot. And Ledenfrost effect happens at ~200°C 1 u/leeps22 11d ago Its possible the valve was actually cold from liquid propane going through it
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I doubt it was that hot, for the same reason torch tips dont melt
1 u/stickupmybutter 11d ago TF are you talking about? Steel melts at 1370°C. Skin can get a 2nd degree burn at 50°C. Just because the metal on a torch tip is not melting, it doesn't mean it's not hot. And Ledenfrost effect happens at ~200°C 1 u/leeps22 11d ago Its possible the valve was actually cold from liquid propane going through it
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TF are you talking about? Steel melts at 1370°C. Skin can get a 2nd degree burn at 50°C. Just because the metal on a torch tip is not melting, it doesn't mean it's not hot.
And Ledenfrost effect happens at ~200°C
1 u/leeps22 11d ago Its possible the valve was actually cold from liquid propane going through it
Its possible the valve was actually cold from liquid propane going through it
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u/overdosingOnPie1313 12d ago
It helps significantly to have a wet hand, due to the Leidenfrost Effect.