# NEVER PLAY WITH FIRE

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**Created:** [January 8, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561 "2006-01-08T13:11:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/25 "2006-01-08T15:41:11Z")

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And actually if memory serves:  
air and acetylene: 2200C  
oxygen and acetylene: 3050C  
nitrous oxide and acetylene: 2955C

Nitrous oxide with hydrogen would be too hot for anything useful (you’d ionize the metal!)

Hydrogen and oxygen is about 2800C

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