A common propane/air flame burns at about 2,250 K (1,980 °C; 3,590 °F), a propane/oxygen flame burns at about 2,526 K (2,253 °C; 4,087 °F), an oxyhydrogen flame burns at 3,073 K (2,800 °C; 5,072 °F) and an acetylene/oxygen flame burns at about 3,773 K (3,500 °C; 6,332 °F).

Is oxy propane hotter than oxy acetylene?

Propane releases only a small proportion of heat in the inner flame cone (less than 10%), so most of the heat in the flame is located in the outer cone. … While temperature wise acetylene is hotter than propane the fact is that people are using propane for cutting incorrectly.

What is the temperature of propane oxygen?

Gas / FuelsFlame temperatureMethane (natural gas) in air1950 °C 3542 °FHydrogen in air2111 °C 3831 °FPropane with oxygen2800 °C 5072 °FAcetylene in oxygen3100 °C 5612 °F