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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: chris on 29/07/2012 09:59:01

Title: How much gas does an Olympic torch consume?
Post by: chris on 29/07/2012 09:59:01

The hand-held Olympic flames run on propane I believe? But how much is being burned off, en-masse, during the Olympics to keep all these torches alight?

Title: Re: How much gas does an Olympic torch consume?
Post by: Don_1 on 30/07/2012 12:19:32

From what I can gather, the gas is a mixture of propane and butane and each torch has a 60g cannister of gas which will burn for around 10 mins.