Monday, Mar 19, 2012 at 13:18
John
LPG is (C3H8) and requires oxygen (O2) to burn correctly.
When burnt correctly you get CO2 and H2O Carbon Dioxide and water.
You can tell if it is burning correctly as the flame will be blue and there will be NO yellowing.
As you have said, in this and other frequent cases, where there there was no vents to the outside and with breathing and burning the LPG the gas mix changed and Carbon Monoxide (CO) is produced prior to the flame extinguishing.
As with CO2, CO is a natural item in the air all the time but at low levels 0.2 parts per million.
Dry air is primarily made up of nitrogen (78.09%) and oxygen (20.95%). The remaining 1% is made up of argon (0.93%), carbon dioxide (0.039% as of 2010) and other trace gases (0.003%). Water vapor (water in its gaseous state) is also present in the atmosphere in varying amounts, by up to 2%.
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