Greg H. asks: >In making Biodiesel, if someone uses methanol, it does not have to be >water free, but if you use ethanol, it has to be water free correct?
To be totally exact, neither of them has to be water-free. It's just that methanol, being a much stronger acid than ethanol, is less sensitive to water. (ie, it makes methoxide much more readily than ethanol makes ethoxide). Methanol can have a few percent of water and still work, whereas ethanol should have no more than a few tenths of a percent. By using a combination of ethanol and methanol, you can achieve a level of water-sensitivity somewhere between the two. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/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/
