alt Hacker NewsPropane 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.
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.
I 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 Melting point −187.7 °C Boiling point −42.25 to −42.04 °C