Hello All, I don't know about diethyl ether being used as an aid for winterizing biodiesel, but the precautionary warning on handling is worth some review. The link below is an MSDS on it.
http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/DI/diethyl_ether.ht ml Best wishes, Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keith Addison Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] winterizing >A precautionary note for those who are considering the use of diethyl >ether as a winterizing agent: > >Be sure to add the following caveat: "Remember that diethyl ether is >highly flammable, and was used as an anesthetic in surgery. Be sure to >chill it before measuring, and work in a well ventilated area."...george Do you have any reliable data to offer on this Peggy? How does it perform? Quite a lot of people are working on biodiesel winterisers, including some very competent people, from my discussions with some of them I'd say they've tried all the potential quick fixes. Best wishes Keith > >Best wishes, >Peggy _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
