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"Dave Stadt" writes:
Ahem.. it's not alcohol-based; it's glycol based. (Except DOT-5 which is silicon..) Ahem..glycol is.....well why don't you look it up. Could be, I'm no chemist (and got a C in the subject to prove it...). But everything I've read on it describes it as glycol. The other one most of us think of is anti-freeze. Time was, that was alcohol...well, it used to be it evaporated regularly. To solve that {and corrostion issues...} Ethylene glycol as "permanent antifreeze" came on the scene in the 1950's/60's. If that's an alcohol, then I've learned something new. It sure doesn't burn like one... -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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David Lesher wrote:
"Dave Stadt" writes: Ahem.. it's not alcohol-based; it's glycol based. (Except DOT-5 which is silicon..) Ahem..glycol is.....well why don't you look it up. Could be, I'm no chemist (and got a C in the subject to prove it...). But everything I've read on it describes it as glycol. The other one most of us think of is anti-freeze. Time was, that was alcohol...well, it used to be it evaporated regularly. To solve that {and corrostion issues...} Ethylene glycol as "permanent antifreeze" came on the scene in the 1950's/60's. If that's an alcohol, then I've learned something new. It sure doesn't burn like one... A hint: glycols are two-valued alcohols (two hydroxyl groups). -- Tauno Voipio tauno voipio (at) iki fi |
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