A metal naphtha lighter

A lighter is a device used to create fire with the intent to ignite another substance such as a cigarette, smoking pipe, or charcoal in a grill. It consists of a metal or plastic container filled with lighter fluid (usually naphtha or liquid butane under pressure), as well as a means of ignition and some provision for extinguishing the flame, either by depriving it of air or of fuel. Download high resolution version (1024x933, 97 KB)Lighter (fire starter) Photographer: wax115 Source: Stock. ... Download high resolution version (1024x933, 97 KB)Lighter (fire starter) Photographer: wax115 Source: Stock. ... A cigarette will burn to ash on one end. ... A smoking pipe is a device used for smoking combustible substances such as tobacco. ... Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents of animal and vegetable substances. ... A propane gas grill with a custom-built aluminium stand partly submerged in snow in Akureyri, Iceland. ... Naphtha is a group of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used primarily as feedstocks in refineries for the reforming process and in the petrochemical industry for the production of olefins in steam crackers. ... Butane, also called n-butane, is the unbranched alkane with four carbon atoms, CH3CH2CH2CH3. ... Ignition is the act of starting a reaction. ...

Lighters using naphtha have a wick which is immersed in the fluid and becomes saturated. This type usually has a fiber packing material which absorbs the liquid to keep it from leaking. They also must have an enclosed top to prevent the volatile liquid from evaporating, and to conveniently extinguish the flame. Butane lighters have a valved orifice that meters the butane as it escapes as a gas. The term saturation generally means thoroughly full, and can refer to the following: In chemistry, see saturation (chemistry) for a number of meanings. ...

A spark is created by striking metal against a "flint", or by pressing a button that compresses a piezoelectric crystal, generating a voltaic arc. In naptha lighters the liquid is volatile enough that flammable gas is present as soon as the top of the lighter is opened. Butane lighters combine the striking action with the opening of the valve to release gas. The spark ignites the flammable gas causing a flame to come out of the of the lighter which continues until either the top is closed (naphtha type), or the valve is released (butane type). Ferrocerium is the flint in lighters, and its ability to give a large number of sparks when scraped against a rough surface (pyrophoricity) is used in many other applications, such as clockwork toys and strikers for welding torches. ... Piezoelectricity is the ability of certain crystals to generate a voltage in response to applied mechanical stress. ... Quartz crystal A crystal is a solid in which the constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are packed in a regularly ordered, repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions. ... A spark plug. ...

A metal enclosure with air holes generally surrounds the flame, and is designed to allow mixing of fuel and air while making the lighter less sensitive to wind. The high energy jet in butane lighters allows mixing to be accomplished easily by the bernoulli effect, so that the air hole(s) in this type tend to be much smaller and farther from the flame. Bernoullis principle states that in fluid flow, an increase in velocity happens simultaneously with decrease in Dutch/Swiss mathematician/scientist Daniel Bernoulli, though it was previously understood by Leonhard Euler and others. ...

Various kinds of lighters

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Car cigarette lighters

Most cars are equipped with electric cigarette lighters. This device consists of a thin coil of nichrome wire, which has very high current (15-20 amps) passed through it when the device is activated. The heating element becomes glowing orange hot in seconds, and is capable of lighting cigarettes and tinder (among other things) on fire. Nichrome is an alloy of nickel and chromium. ... In electricity, current refers to electric current, which is the flow of electric charge. ... Amp re can refer to: Amp re (car) Ampere (unit) Andr -Marie Amp re This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The lighter's socket doubles as a 12-volt power outlet that can be used for many purposes; for example, electric razors, portable spotlights, laptop computers, mobile phones, PDAs, USB adapters, digital audio players, or even thermoelectric coolers can be connected to a lighter socket and be powered or have their batteries (re)charged. For devices that only run on regular line voltage, an inverter will convert to AC, and transform it up to 120 or 240 volts. These inverters have become so popular that some larger vehicles (minivans and pickup trucks) come with them built-in. Some minivans also now come with several lighter sockets for various devices to be used at different seats. Occams Razor or Hanlons razor A razor is a an edge tool (primarily, used in shaving). ... Laptop with touchpad. ... Palm IIIxe PDA Personal digital assistants (PDAs or palmtops) are handheld devices that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. ... Type A USB connector USB 2. ... Apple iPod Creative Zen Micro A digital audio player (DAP) is a device that stores, organizes and plays digital music files. ... Thermoelectricity is the conversion from heat differentials to electricity or vice versa. ... Foundations Record of Work PART A: 1) The purpose of a foundation is to keep your house to the earth, holding it up and, just as importantly, holding it down. ... An inverter is a circuit for converting direct current to alternating current, they are used in a wide range of applications, from small power supplys for a computer to large industrial applications to transport bulk power. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: AC AC may stand for: in electricity, the abbreviation of alternating current in history, Latin ante Christum, that is to say before Christ; see Anno Domini in medicine, a chemotherapy regime comprising adriamycin and cyclophosphamide, see AC chemotherapy Atlantic College, one of the ten United... Transformers - Typical electrical configurations. ... A newer minivan (a Plymouth Grand Voyager) Typical early minivan (a Dodge Caravan) A minivan is a type of vehicle developed independently by Matra/Renault and the Chrysler Corporation. ... Pickup truck with extended cabin and homebuilt lumber rack. ...

See also

• match
• Zippo (naphtha type)
• BIC Corporation (butane type)