temperature of flame from 20% propane/ 80% butane

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Pyro Ninja
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would anybody be able to tell me what temperature those gasmate 20% propane/ 80% butane burn at... or direct me to a site that will tell me....
...i need the temperature for my science assignment......any help would be appreciated :)
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If we presume that that's 20:80 by mass, it's burning in air at constant pressure (normal flames), it's stoichiometric, and it's adiabatic...

gaseq, which uses equilibrium and thermodynamic calculations, gives us a flame temperature of ~2260K.
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