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Date:         Sun, 5 Dec 2010 13:41:19 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
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At 01:06 PM 12/5/2010, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >It is routine in instructional chemistry labs to use electrically >heated surfaces (hot plate) to heat volatile, combustible liquids.

The two things I really miss from my little lab in the Navy are a small centrifuge and a heated stirring-plate. The spectrophotometer would be nice too, I suppose.

> Of course, one isn't supposed to spill the stuff on the hot > plate, but rather to keep the liquid in a container. I assume that > the vapors are not expected to come in contact with the surface > because they waft away, though they would with a flame if that were > used. Of course, a flame is much hotter than the surface of the > hot plate, also.

I was thinking of surface temps of 400-700F. Come to think of it, a spare steam iron and an IR thermometer would be close to ideal. Pretty sure my iron can make it to at least 600F.

Yrs, d


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