I’ve been trying to find out more about this because the story doesn’t make any sense:
“he approached the sleeping woman, and then lit her on fire with what was believed to be a lighter. She added the victim’s clothes became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds.”
Clothing shouldn’t just be flammable like that without some kind of accelerant.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Statutes/Flammable-Fabrics-Act
Nah, butane evaporates almost immediately at ambient temp/pressure.
Have you ever refilled a Zippo
… Yes. Why?
And you’ve never spilled butane from the Zippo fluid anywhere? It stays liquid long enough that one can go to a sink and wash it off.
Maybe you’re thinking of naphtha? That’s what old, cotton wick lighters used, but butane gasifies within 30s max. Might leave an odor/residue on your hands but that’s not particularly flammable.
Old skool lighter and the low pressure can of naphtha in the back, high pressure butane cylinder right:
This leaves plenty of time to splash someone and light it while still qualifying “instant”.
Idk what to tell u buddy, the can in the picture on the right is specifically a butane refill can, and you can spray it on a surface and it’ll stay liquid for a bit. You can even light it on fire and it’ll stay that way. You can try the same thing with any pressurized can of deodorant for example, concentrated spraying for 3-5s on a surface will release enough liquid that you can light it on fire. Old party trick was to spray enough on a leg of pants (or an arm if daring) and light it, and then extinguish in a few seconds
Haven’t tried it. Strange, the boiling point of butane is -3°C, so that has to be a lot of butane to delay boil-off for that long.
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Zippos don’t use butane
https://www.zippo.com/products/premium-butane-fuel?gQT=1 Should probably let someone know that
They CAN, but not by default. You have to replace the insert.
Source: I have both a butane and electric Zippo.