Ok very cool I just might try it now and close everything up tight while working. Brian Rodgers
On 10/15/05, Kurt Nolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/15/05, Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I do recall that that ambient humidity messes with the methoxide > > mixing. Should I wait until the rain quits to continue with the > > experiment? > > Lye is hygroscopic; it absorbs water quite readily. > > Yeah, I'd suggest waiting for it to quit raining, as ambient humidity > increases will throw off your measurement of lye on both a mass and > volumetric basis because of absorption into the pellets or grains. > > Now if the humidity in your house is still low, you could always quickly > measure it out and put it in a sealed container with your methanol, then > hustle outside to mix it; I use Mason jars to mix my methoxide in for test > batches. > > -K _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
