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Why is it that cooking gas are packaged in the metal cylinder appear to be in a liquid state rather than gaseous state while in the cylinder?​

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Answer:

LPG needs only low pressure or refrigeration to change it into liquid from its gaseous state. As a gas, LPG expands to 270 times its volume as a liquid. Therefore, it's only logical that LPG is stored and transferred as a liquid, under pressure, in a gas bottle (e.g. propane tanks).

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