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jenna1

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What is an advantage of the oxyacetylene flame compared to air acetylene?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What can happen to an air acetylene torch if it is used with too low a flame?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

It is a more intense flame that heats up the parts faster than air acetylene flames.

Answer to Question 2

Failure to provide the torch tip with the proper gas flow will result in the tip being overheated.





 

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