What Is Compressed Air Made Of
What Is Compressed Air Made Of . The “ingredients” in the air don’t change when it’s compressed—just the amount of space those molecules take up. Butane is an interesting choice because it's flammable, so using canned air to cool hot electronics may not be a wise decision (see my burning bubbles project if you need convincing about A steam whistle from www.giangrandi.ch Compressed air is air that is pressurised to greater than atmospheric pressure. The usual gases found in canned air are difluoroethane, trifluoroethane, tetrafluoroethane, or butane. This was followed by manually operated bellows — the world’s first mechanical compressed air device.