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 in something else so I skimmed it with little absorption on mind part. Anyway isn't glycol a anti-freeze? I am ready to take Chemistry 101 at the local university. Brian Rodgers
On 10/19/05, Ken Provost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 very different thing from simple MEK. > MEK is a great solvent -- works and smells very > much like its close relative acetone, but has a higher > boiling point and therefore makes less fumes. > Commonly used as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol. > > Small quantities of pure isopropanol are avail from > auto parts stores as gasoline dryer. Be sure you > get the one that says "CONTAINS NO METHANOL". > Otherwise, it's pure methanol... > > -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/
