OK that sounds very right science wise. Does this cover the burnt plastic smell as well? I've used both a lighter and a match. and I get the same smell when it melts. and it is rank!
“”Put some distilled water in your freezer and freeze it, and the same thing will happen with a butane flame...”
OK that sounds very right science wise. Does this cover the burnt plastic smell as well? I’ve used both a lighter and a match. and I get the same smell when it melts. and it is rank!”
Yes, The snow is by no means pure, but it doesn’t contain carbon or it would be black. The black (carbon) is not coming from the snow.
This is the same kind of issue found in outdoor wood furnaces for heating water. The water jacket is in direct contact with the combustion process and quenches the chemical reaction before completion to Co2 and H2O.