Comparison of the temperatures of different burning gasses. Note that these are significantly lower than they are given elsewhere on the internet; don't ask me why. I'll put the elsewhere temperatures in parentheses.
Most notable ones are:
MAPP gas: 2900 deg F (3670, 3730)
Propane: 1950 deg F (3600)
Natural gas (methane): 2750 deg F (3500)
Butane: 1760 deg F
From elsewhere, I'll add:
Methanol (available as that HEET stuff for cars): 3398 deg F
Ethanol: 3488 deg F
The linked page also has melting points of various metals:
Aluminum: 1220 deg F
Copper: 1981 deg F
Iron/Steel: 2802 deg F
Tin: 450 deg F
Once upon a time, I took a glass-bead-making class, and used a MAPP gas torch.
In the slightly less distant past, I heated pennies to red hot over a little methanol-burning camp stove, and was able to shape and work them. I used my very long stainless-steel tweezers from the beadmaking class to hold each penny in the flame.
In addition, here are glue gun temperatures:
Hot melt glue gun: 375-450 degrees F
Low melt glue gun: 250 degrees F
I was wondering if the low melt glue gun would melt paraffin, but apparently it is far too hot for the job.
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