I’m not going to search out the exact density/ specific gravity, but “gallon” is volume not weight. No, I had to check. Butane is 60% the weight of water. In other words, It’s to do with density. A denser subject has more mass in a smaller volume, and thus is heavier.Water’s density is 1g/cm3, butane’s is 0.573g/cm3.Therefore, butane is a lighter fluid.
It’s actually an accurate statement, though! A gallon of gasoline weighs a bit over 6 pounds, while a gallon of butane only weighs about 5 pounds. (A gallon of water is about 8.3 pounds, for reference.)
I dunno why Weenus thought they’d weigh the same, gallons are a unit of volume not weight…
“At 15° C, the density of butane is 2.48 kg/m³ and the density of water is 999.06 kg/m³. So butane would float on top of water. If we compare the mass of 1 m³ butane and 1 m³ of water, water is technically heavier than butane.”
B UTTONS about 1 year ago
What was Wormy’s offense?
Guilty of kindling a volitle pun?
syzygy47 about 1 year ago
I’m not going to search out the exact density/ specific gravity, but “gallon” is volume not weight. No, I had to check. Butane is 60% the weight of water. In other words, It’s to do with density. A denser subject has more mass in a smaller volume, and thus is heavier.Water’s density is 1g/cm3, butane’s is 0.573g/cm3.Therefore, butane is a lighter fluid.
I know, it’s a joke, son, to quote Foghorn.
markkahler52 about 1 year ago
Worth a light “sentence” in Pun Prison!
DamnHappyChappy about 1 year ago
They don’t actually weigh the same, but let’s look on the lighter side of the pun
Imagine about 1 year ago
They do if you have a pound of each. But the density…
pengzoid Premium Member about 1 year ago
A gallon is a measure of volume, not weight.
pat sandy creator about 1 year ago
a fiery response…
gokarDun about 1 year ago
A gallon is not a weight measurement.
Olddog1 about 1 year ago
But a pound of feathers is heavier than a pound of gold.
oakie817 about 1 year ago
Henny Youngman, 1968
P51Strega about 1 year ago
You need it lighter to C4 any distance.
ericlscott creator about 1 year ago
A pun worth weighting for.
mokspr Premium Member about 1 year ago
Burn!
Drbarb71 Premium Member about 1 year ago
The comics make me laugh out loud.
Mike Baldwin creator about 1 year ago
Light and funny!
LrdSlvrhnd about 1 year ago
It’s actually an accurate statement, though! A gallon of gasoline weighs a bit over 6 pounds, while a gallon of butane only weighs about 5 pounds. (A gallon of water is about 8.3 pounds, for reference.)
I dunno why Weenus thought they’d weigh the same, gallons are a unit of volume not weight…
T... about 1 year ago
Thot yude like to no:
“At 15° C, the density of butane is 2.48 kg/m³ and the density of water is 999.06 kg/m³. So butane would float on top of water. If we compare the mass of 1 m³ butane and 1 m³ of water, water is technically heavier than butane.”
Git ur fact straite…
Free Radical about 1 year ago
Voluminous scientific hilarity
Jesse Atwell creator almost 1 year ago
This one was WELL DONE.