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7up
Mar 9, 2011, 12:18 AM
I built a gas furnace to melt metal,but I'm having a problem with the flame.I'm using my air compressor to blow in air,the flame does good when the lid is open but when the lid is closed the flame dies down a little and turns blue. PLEASE HELP ON HOW TO GET THE RIGHT FLAME. THANKS

DrBob1
Mar 10, 2011, 09:16 PM
This sounds more like an engineering question than one in chemistry.
There aren't many detals provided, but maybe the closed lid , coupled with the compressed air, gives a back pressure that decreases the flow of gas.