4. Technicians A and B work in an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) filling station.

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4. Technicians A and B work in an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) filling station. They mostly deal with butane and propane with the vapor pressure of 2.2 atm and 10.1 atm, respectively. Technician A says that since we fill tanks with the same volume, the potential hazard would be the same, and technician B says that butane is more potentially hazardous. You, as an industrial hygienist is to judge between the two, which technician is right?
a) Technician A.
b) Technician B.
c) Both A and B.
d) None of them.

Explanation / Answer

4. For LPG containing equal volumes of propane and butane, the correct technician would be,

a) Technician A

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