Yesterday, just for the sake of it, I tried this out: .- Poured some alcohol through jelly (remember my post on dehydrating ethanol?). I have no way to know what the final content of water was after "drying" it with jelly, and for the process I«m about to describe, it probably wasn«t even necessary, but still.-
.- Gathered 2 ml EtOH in a test tube. .- Mixed with 12 ml new sunflower oil .- Added (0,5ml?... or less... didn«t measure) of Muriatic Acid (35% HCl in water) Then heated at about 57 degrees, mixing for about an hour. I built a "mixer" out of a washing machine little 5W 220V motor, and a flat rod of stainless steel (like the type used as oil gauges, in the block of car engines). I also have a "tea cup warmer" (sort of a fancy resistance heater-plate on which to leave your cup of coffe). I found out that this plate maintains a 250 ml Erlenmeyer full of water at about 57 degrees celsius. So I inmersed my BD test tube in a water filled Erlenmeyer, and with the stirrer (clamped to a retort stand) in it for about an hour, and left it to settle overnight. The result: After a night settling, I can see about 2ml of a very pale yellow not-so-dense liquid (Anyone who can tell me if this is BD???) The rest (about 12 ml) is a murky white-ish stuff... (sort of like glycerin?), resting below the supposed-BD. I guess this could be it: CH-O-CO---R CH2OH CH2-O-CO-R + CH3CH2OH -->(HCl, 57¡)--> CHOH + 3 R-OC-O-CH2CH3 CHO-C-O---R CH2OH PLUS: If anyone«s interested, I also made a batch of H2SO4 (Sulphuric Acid), by electrolysis of iron sulphate solution. I still have a lot of colloidal iron, but pH is down to about 2 or less. Best to you all, Christian [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
