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Butane torch
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<p>A butane torch is a tool which creates an intensely hot <a href="/facts/Flame/ucMuoqa2">flame</a> using a fuel mixture of LPGs typically including some percentage of <a href="/facts/Butane/InIHpYlY">butane</a>, a flammable <a href="/facts/Gas/hVVAoodV">gas</a>. </p><p>Consumer air butane torches are often claimed to develop flame temperatures up to approximately 1,430 °C (2,610 °F). This temperature is high enough to melt many common metals, such as <a href="/facts/Aluminum/7wmR8jYE">aluminum</a> and <a href="/facts/Copper/I8PEE8oX">copper</a>, and hot enough to vaporize many <a href="/facts/Organic_chemistry/djxhxaNg">organic</a> compounds as well. </p>