26 Jan
2010
26 Jan
'10
11:32 a.m.
On 26/01/2010 18:24, Tony Duell wrote:
At least in England, Benzene |= Benzine. Benzene is C6H6, the simplest
aromatic compound. Benzine is a mixture of hyrdrocarbons, I think
obtained for the distillation of crude oil.
Benzine used to be a common name in parts of Europe for what we call
petrol and a good number of listmembers would call gasoline. It's often
used as another name for what I call petroleum ether (which is the
lighter fractions of what you get if you distil petrol/gasoline -- pet
ether is the stuff with a low boiling point, under 60C, and therefore
not dissimilar to diethyl ether). Interestingly, perhaps, benzene used
to be a constituent of petrol/gasoline, for its anti-knock properties.
Goo removal: Try with acetone or benzine. (petroleum
aether? Don't know
the english word.) Be carefull with acetone. It will dissolve many
plastics.
I believe benzene is a known carcinogen. I used to use something called
-tony (it's a well known fact that research causes
cancer in rats)
LOL! yes!
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York