Ethanol and Isopropyl Alcohol are almost as polar as water. That's why
they mix so well with water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvent
According to its Wikipedia entry, ethanol doesn't even mix well with
heavy oils. Isopropanol is better.
--
David Woolley
Owner K2 06123
On 09/09/15 01:51, Fred Townsend wrote:
Water is not a problem. You want the water to pick up the water because
alcohol is a non-polar solvent meaning it does not pick up the ionic
contamination. The water picks up the ions and alcohol picks up the water.
Conclusion rubbing alcohol containing water works just fine although the
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[email protected]
This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [email protected]
