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Old November 17th, 2007, 02:44   #15
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Originally Posted by Crunchmeister View Post
Both propane and natural gas have very little odour. The rotten egg / geriatric fart scent is added for safety so that we can smell it when there's a leak.
additionnal....natural gas by nature has no smell at all, the gas company "in BC we have Terasen Gas", they adds a smell to the gas in order to tell if there is a leak or not, we use natural gas all day in the dental lab and our fireplace uses that sort of gas...the truth is that i rather use propane in the lab if needed because we have more control of the tanks's pressure and have better heat....in terms of pressure I cannot tell you however what I can tell you is the...

BTU/CU Foot --- GAS
275 --- Hydrogen plus Oxygen
1000 --- Natural Gas plus Oxygen
1448 --- Acetylene plus Oxygen
2385 --- Propane plus Oxygen
2700 --- Butane plus Oxygen

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