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A butane torch is a tool which creates an intensely hot
Butane torches are frequently employed as kitchen gadgets to caramelize sugar in cooking, such as when making crème brûlée. They may be marketed as kitchen torches, cooking torches, or culinary torches. Use of the butane torch in the kitchen is not limited to caramelizing sugar; it can be used to melt or brown toppings on casseroles or soups, to melt cheese, and to roast or char vegetables such as peppers.
A butane torch is a tool which creates an intensely hot flame
A flame (from Latin '' flamma'') is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction taking place in a thin zone. When flames are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components of sufficient density the ...
using a fuel mixture of LPGs typically including some percentage of butane, a flammable gas.
Consumer air butane torches are often claimed to develop flame temperatures up to approximately . This temperature is high enough to melt many common metals, such as aluminum
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It h ...
and copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish ...
, and hot enough to vaporize many organic compounds as well.
Applications
Brazing, soldering, plumbing
Often used as daily task tools, butane torches work very well for home improvement and work to solve problems with plumbing, soldering and brazing. Most of the times copper, silver and other metals are used for home repairs of tubes and other house things.Culinary
Butane torches are frequently employed as kitchen gadgets to caramelize sugar in cooking, such as when making crème brûlée. They may be marketed as kitchen torches, cooking torches, or culinary torches. Use of the butane torch in the kitchen is not limited to caramelizing sugar; it can be used to melt or brown toppings on casseroles or soups, to melt cheese, and to roast or char vegetables such as peppers.
Cigars
Pocket butane torches are commonly used as lighters for cigars, capitalizing on the intensity of the flame to light quickly and evenly the large, relatively damp, burning surface of a cigar.Bartender
Many bartenders and mixologists use butane torches in their recipes. Smoked and flaming cocktails are now a trend.Drug use
Butane torches are sometimes used in vaporizing cocaine free base ( crack), black tar heroin, methamphetamine or hash oil for inhalation.See also
* Propane torch * Lighter * Blow torch * List of cooking appliances * Oxy-fuel welding and cuttingReferences
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