There is no possible comment to make on this that won't be both offensive and dangerous.

I love it.

> From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> > Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:21:22 -0700 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Cold weather camping, heating, etc. > > Admittedly my organic chemistry classes occurred 20+ years ago, but I > remember butyl (or methyl) mercaptan as being what gives the lovely odor to > one's liquid waste after eating asparagus and crotonaldehyde as the main > component of a skunk's stench. (One remains up on this sort of thing when > living with Karl.) > > Stephanie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Baker" <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 6:46 PM > Subject: Re: Cold weather camping, heating, etc. > > >> Wonderful! Thank you. I have been puzzling over this for a year. (I > never >> did understand partial pressures, moles, etc. I do remember that PV=nRT, >> however.) >> >> Dave in KC >> 85 Westy >> http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:20 PM >> Subject: Re: Cold weather camping, heating, etc. >> >> >>> yep. CO on top, CO2 on bottom. >>> >>> air is: >>> nitrogen: 78.08% and weights 28.0134g/mol >>> oxygen: 20.9476% and weights 31.99 g/mol >>> Argon: 0.934% and weights 39.948 g/mol >>> (and the rest is less than .001% each, neon, co2, he, kr, xe, ch4, h2) >>> Density is 1.2250 at sea level and 25C >>> >>> Carbon-Monoxide weights 28.005 grams/mole and has a density of .301 at > sea >>> level at 25C >>> >>> So therefore, CO is "lighter" than air and will build from the top down >>> and not the bottom up, like CO2. BUT BARELY. Look at those masses, > there >>> is not much difference. >>> >>> But the masses are really close so things like air currents are pretty >>> important here. But not with CO2- that stuff is really heavy and you > can >>> "see" it hang out down low. >>> >>> Ok, back to my gasses (butyl mercaptan-- the same stuff that makes > skunks >>> smell great!) >>> -Matthew >>> >>> Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death >>> Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" >>> University of Idaho >>> www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 >>> >> >