I think the whole group are poisonous. They all cause nausea, vomiting, blindness and then death. With ethanol, the blindness and death are pretty close together and death is the ultimate blindness. We just try to manage the nausea to achieve the carefree feeling. Here's to the grand experiment! Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30 STL
-------------------------------------------- On Tue, 8/12/14, Steve Thomas via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Subject: Re: Stus-List Alcohol stove To: "JOHN D IRVIN" <john.ir...@rogers.com>, cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2014, 11:16 AM Different chemical. Short chemistry lesson: Methyl hydrate is an old name for methanol, which is a chemical compound (molecule) consisting of one carbon, one oxygen, and four hydrogen atoms. Ethanol, the alcohol we love to drink, has two carbon, one oxygen, and 6 hydrogen atoms in each molecule. In general, a hydrocarbon is a compound made up of just carbon and hydrogen atoms. If you substitute an oxygen atom which is also linked to a hydrogen atom for one of the hydrogen atoms in a hydrocarbon molecule, you then have an alcohol. The -OH is know as a hydroxyl group, and when attached to a hydrocarbon to form an alcohol, is responsible for most of the resultant compound's chemical activity. Most but not all. That is why the various alcohols are similar but different, and particularly different in how toxic they are to humans. Dwight might have something to add, but that is it in a nutshell. Steve Thomas C&C27 MKIII _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
