Why do jets leave a white trail behind them.

PRIST is a chemical used to kill fungus in kerosene based
fuels and also prevents ice formation. It is pre-blended in
some jet fuel or added at the pump nozzle. It has to be
mixed with the fuel, not just poured in the tank.

It is poisonous. http://csdinc.org/prist/


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"Cub Driver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in message
news | On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:31:45 -0500, "Morgans"
| wrote:
|
| Jet fuel, kerosene, diesel fuel, are all hygroscopic.
That means that they
| have an affinity for absorbing water. Great amounts of
it. If they absorb
| enough, then it will not burn.
|
| I suppose that's how algae(?) gets to grow in fuel tanks?
A friend has
| a boat with one diesel tank that's full of gunk; he can't
get it out.
| And I recall that years ago Pease Air Force Base nearby
was bedeviled
| by stuff growing in some of its jet-fuel tanks.
|
|
| -- all the best, Dan Ford
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