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Propane freezes long before -60C. The recent cold snap in the Yukon had smaller tanks useless just past -35c, and bigger ones not doing much past -40c. We don
by testing22321 10mo ago
Propane freezes long before -60C.
The recent cold snap in the Yukon had smaller tanks useless just past -35c, and bigger ones not doing much past -40c.
We don’t take it on winter adventures for that reason.
- hughdbrown 10mo agoI am not understanding this. Propane does not freeze anywhere near -60C. Wikipedia [1] says it freezes (liquid to solid) below -187C and boils (liquid to gas) above -42C. Propane is probably unusable as a fuel below -42C because there is no vapor leaving the tank [not within my experience]. That is different from the propane being a solid. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane Melting point −187.7 °C Boiling point −42.25 to −42.04 °C
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- testing22321 10mo agoI don’t know that it turns to a solid, but it very much doesn’t work past -35C. Ask anyone that lives in Yukon/Alaska. They’ll tell you.
- sawjet 10mo agoIt freezes as pressure drops when you try to use it from the tank. Like how a can of air duster gets cold when you spray it.