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oxyacetylene torch
/ ŏ′sŧ-ə-ĕ′-ĭ,-ŧ′ /
- A gas torch that burns a mixture of acetylene and oxygen to produce a high-temperature flame (3,000°C or 5,400°F) that can weld or cut metal.
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When it comes to getting kids interested, the opportunity to use an oxyacetylene torch doesn’t hurt.
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Use brute force — cutting through the container with an oxyacetylene torch, say — as a last resort.
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There she discovered that turning off the oxygen on her oxyacetylene torch would produce a spray of carbon powder from the acetylene flame.
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An oxyacetylene torch had taken an hour to cut the window out; the lab crew, aboard the ship, were still trying to find out just what the stuff was.
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