Timeline for Why does fire make very little sound?
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| S Sep 6, 2018 at 18:45 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 5, 2018 at 14:10 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | The sound of such gas torches is not really white noise, it sounds more like pink noise or even red noise. | |
| Sep 5, 2018 at 9:29 | comment | added | PlasmaHH | @nielsnielsen: besides the difficulties to blow out such a torch, when you do it, you might be able to generate short louder sounds by relighting it afterwards. The same noise can however even be experienced in a "normal" fire when laminar wind flow gets turbulent in the flame a big camp fire can create some noise too. | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 23:11 | comment | added | niels nielsen | yes it is, but by blowing out a propane torch while it is running you will reveal the (faint) hiss of the gas orifice inside the body of the torch, and immediately hear the sound level difference. | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 22:57 | comment | added | Acccumulation | Releasing a gas from a highly compressed state (such as a propane tank) is noisy in and of itself. | |
| Sep 4, 2018 at 20:41 | history | answered | niels nielsen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |