I've recently heard references to something called "Brown's Gas" which can be used to cut/weld metal but is regarded as 'a cold flame'. Does it actually exist and if so, why is it not widely used?
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1Might get some traction on Skeptics.SE on this one. – Todd Minehardt Feb 12 '16 at 15:31
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I guess you could consider the flame "cold", but only relative to things like acetylene or dicyanoacetylene. The adiabatic flame temperature is 3200 $\unicode{x2103}$. – Curt F. Feb 12 '16 at 16:44
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http://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/4018/differences-between-h-h-o-and-h-o-h – Mithoron Feb 12 '16 at 16:54
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Brown's gas is actually hydrogen-knallgas, a 2:1 mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.
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