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To: Webster Groves who wrote (24052)6/22/2003 8:04:50 AM
From: Bearcatbob  Respond to of 206325
 
Webster, Thanks for getting the organic chemistry right. C2H6 is ethane - of course C3H8 is propane. Oh man - how soon the once well known are forgotten. That makes the point about propane not rising in air even more clear.

Bob



To: Webster Groves who wrote (24052)6/22/2003 2:48:01 PM
From: Tommaso  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 206325
 
Yes, I was careless. Thanks for the correction.

I can see how under some conditions propane could be more hazardous than methane, just as gasoline can be more dangerous than either under some conditions.

But nearly every time there's a really devastating accidental gas explosion, it seems to involve methane. The idea of trying to use hydrogen as a fuel for ordinary purposes scares me even worse.


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