Thanks Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Williams" <williams@FIRE.BIOL.WWU.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:27 AM Subject: acetone
> An organic solvent is a liquid which is based upon carbon-containing > compounds, in contrast to an aqueous solvent, which is a liquid based upon > water. Pure acetone is an organic solvent which contains only one type of > molecule, while gasoline is a distillate fraction which contains many > different types of molecules that have many of the same > properties. Different organic solvents (petroleum ether, ether acetone, > acetonitrile, and gasoline, for that matter) have different abilities > to melt or liquify or leach (solubilize) materials with which they come in > contact. Flexible tubing, like gas line) is formulated on the basis of > which solvents it touches and thus gas additives will have some effect on > the solubilizing (melting) of gas lines. I just think that one should be > very, very, very careful about what one adds to gasoline and the refining > industry has obviously not (MTBE), and now those F*****G people want > protection for law suits over the matter. IMHO, the only thing good that > can be said about individuals experimenting with acetone is that it is > kind of an internalized experiment-----you do it and you suffer the > consequences (except when your Vanagon catches fire while it is parked next > to my Vanagon!!) > Don > > At 08:52 AM 10/6/2005 -0700, you wrote: > Don, > > explain to me the difference between gasoline, an organic solvent, and > acetone, an organic solvent. > > > alistair > > > > On 6-Oct-05, at 8:48 AM, Don Williams wrote: > > Acetone is an organic solvent and has properties that are very different > than gasoline. I wouldn't want to even ride in a vehicle whose fuel lines > have been exposed to acetone----you just can't know what the effect of > small amounts of acetone in gasoline might have on those lines. I'm > already pissed off about the additive changes that have been made to > gasoline, and the extent to which the driving populace is a guinea pig for > the trial of these materials. > Engine fires are not fun events and it seems you should do everything > possible to prevent one. That should include not experimenting with > solvents on fuel lines. > Don > |
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