Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 2:
Acetylene can readily explode when in liquid/solid form or if pressurised beyond approx 100 kPa. (Dalen was blinded in an acetylene explosion).
In 1896, the French chemists, Claude and Hess, discovered that [[acetone]] dissolved large quantities of acetylene. While the resulting solution was no longer explosive, as the liquid was reduced by consumption or by cooling, and explosive acetylene gas would still be produced in the space above the surface of the liquid.
It is shipped and stored dissolved in [[acetone]] or [[dimethylformamide]] (DMF), contained in a metal cylinder with porous filling (Agamassan), which renders it safe to transport and use.
| |||