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 10 months ago
What was Wormy’s offense?
Guilty of kindling a volitle pun?
syzygy47 10 months 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 10 months ago
Worth a light “sentence” in Pun Prison!
DamnHappyChappy 10 months ago
They don’t actually weigh the same, but let’s look on the lighter side of the pun
Imagine 10 months ago
They do if you have a pound of each. But the density…
pengzoid Premium Member 10 months ago
A gallon is a measure of volume, not weight.
pat sandy creator 10 months ago
a fiery response…
gokar 4,la 10 months ago
A gallon is not a weight measurement.
Olddog1 10 months ago
But a pound of feathers is heavier than a pound of gold.
oakie817 10 months ago
Henny Youngman, 1968
P51Strega 10 months ago
You need it lighter to C4 any distance.
ericlscott creator 10 months ago
A pun worth weighting for.
mokspr Premium Member 10 months ago
Burn!
Drbarb71 Premium Member 10 months ago
The comics make me laugh out loud.
Mike Baldwin creator 10 months ago
Light and funny!
LrdSlvrhnd 10 months 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... 10 months 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 10 months ago
Voluminous scientific hilarity
Jesse Atwell creator 10 months ago
This one was WELL DONE.