On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:18:51 -0800, "Tony944" wrote:

You can call it as you want however it is Butane
Butane is used for domestic heating and cooking
same goes for bots and campers and not the Propane.
Because of safety feature, Butane is much lower pressure
and higher density than the Propane.

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On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:21:31 -0800, "Tony944" wrote:

Natural gas or Butane/liquid gas???

In North America it's either Natural gas or Propane.

Butane is used in Europe, and some camp stoves etc use butane. It is
NOT the same as Propane.

Although propane is more popular, butane continues to be used as a
fuel source. It is used as a fuel in stoves, cigarette lighters and
even in aerosol sprays as a propellant. Besides, butane is cheaper
than propane, but comparatively, it is more difficult to use, so it is
not very commonly available and not many gadgets, devices are designed
to be used with butane as fuel source.

But you should know that butane is more efficient than propane when
used as fuel. If same volume of butane and propane is burned at
temperature above freezing, butane will end up providing 12% more
energy than propane. Thus, butane can be the preferred choice when it
is available in adequate amounts since it is energy-efficient and also
has an advantage of cheaper price.

Unlike butane, propane is available more easily in small portable
tanks and is used widely for heating houses. It is used as a fuel in
gas barbeques, lanterns and camping stoves. Automobiles run on
liquefied petroleum gas or LPG which is made by mixing propane with
other fuels like butylene, propylene or butane.

When the fuel needs to be stored for a long time, propane is a better
choice than butane. It stores well in variable weather conditions and
even below freezing temperature will not affect the storage conditions
of propane because of its propetries. When people need to go camping,
hiking or mountain climbing, especially in cold weather, propane is
preferred over butane as a fuel for cooking. Since propane gas is
odorless, leaks are harder to detect. For this reason, ethanethiol is
mixed with propane so that leaks can be easily detected.

Butane, C4H10, boils at 30.2F,
Propane, C3H8. boils at -43.6F.

BIG difference.