[meatloaf]

Acetylene is actually dissolved in the acetone in the bottle for safety purposes. Otherwise in a liquid state, it's much more explosive.

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[Ghengis]

Acetylene is actually dissolved in the acetone in the bottle for safety purposes. Otherwise in a liquid state, it's much more explosive.

Correct. As I stated in another reply. I was trying to say it in shorthand and misstated. Acetylene will blow on its own if not dissolved into the acetone. Exothermic reaction, or something like that, as I recall.