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Subject:Re: All catalytics are not create equal
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:28:19 -0400

Basic chemistry of combustion is 4HC+6O2= 4H20 + 4C02...assuming
complete combustion...however
4HC+4O2=4H20 + 4CO and uses less oxygen....but also produces that
lovely nasty Carbon Monoxide...

On Oct 13, 2004, at 2:04 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
> I have no idea why one heater would consume so much less oxygen than
> another, perhaps a chemist on the list could tell us.
>