Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Dean
Yewdall Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:46 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone Yes, Ethylene glycol is your normal green antifreeze for cars. Propylene glycol is a non-toxic antifreeze used in solar thermal systems and some of the new car antifreeze

Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-20 Thread Brian Rodgers
hi Zeke. I wasn't really I was in the autoparts store looking for Heet methanol and isopropyl alcohols when I spied the ethylene glycol and while standing there feeling like an outsider (everyone else in the store was going to use the products for its intended purpose) I am beginning to see past

Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-19 Thread Ken Provost
On Oct 19, 2005, at 11:12 AM, Zeke Yewdall wrote: Methyl Ethyl Ketone is used as the hardening agent in fiberglass work. NASTY stuff. Ketones aren't technically alcohols anyway, if I remember my organic chemistry right. That's right, but the hardener is methyl ethyl ketone peroxide -- a

Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-19 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I stand corrected. On 10/19/05, Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right, but the hardener is methyl ethyl ketone peroxide -- a very different thing from simple MEK. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-19 Thread Brian Rodgers
Very good thanks Ken Now that you jog my memory I recall buying methanol at the parts store last week and right next to the Heet brand de-icer I saw isopropyl alcohol. next, I need to look in the archives for ethylene glycol as I remember talk of it here last month. At the time I was interested

Re: [Biofuel] methyl ethyl ketone

2005-10-19 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yes, Ethylene glycol is your normal green antifreeze for cars. Propylene glycol is a non-toxic antifreeze used in solar thermal systems and some of the new car antifreeze formulations. It's usually pink when I've seen it, although I'm not sure if this is natural color or dye. Why are you looking