on 2/27/04 10:48 AM, Pieter Koole at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > I am making ethanol on a very very small > scale ( experimenting a bit ) from > newspapers etc. > What is the best thing to do with the > black stuff ( lignine isn't it ? ). Is > it poison ? Can I use it somehow?
In general, any organic mixture that's BLACK is toxic, probly carcinogenic. Blackness is caused by multiple aromatic fused rings -- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, of which graphite is the extreme version. Do a Google search on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. > Is there a way to re-use the sulphuric > acid (98%) I don't think so > Does anyone know whether > alcohol can be dried by > electrolysis ? I've never heard of it -- doesn't mean it's not possible somehow, but I doubt it.... -K Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
