At 10:06 AM 11/1/01 +0000, Ken Brown wrote: >Reese asked: > >> How dry will the air be at the burning cherry on a cigarette? > >Quite wet, because the combustion adds water vapour to the air. It won't >be much good at physically wetting things, because the air is warm, but >the water vapour is there and being hot will be chemically quite active. >Hold a piece of cool glassware near a bunsen burner or candle flame and >you will see lots of condensation. No, not *that* near...
No, put it back in context: >>Here's a link to the MSDS >>http://www.ansul.com/Material_Safety_Data_Sheets/F-85312.pdf >>it says above 900 F Freon will decompose into hydrochloric and >>hydrofluoric acids. Doesn't mention phosgene, > >Try this one: > >http://www.vngas.com/pdf/g143.pdf > >> although you'd >>proabably get that if the air was dry enough. > >How dry will the air be at the burning cherry on a cigarette? How dry will the air be, at that point where the cherry is 900 F or so? Reese