[sdiy] DIY PCBs

[The Old Crow]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Theo wrote:

> Not sure what the correct translation for this "benzine" is, it come
> in one liter bottles and the only warning is not to drink it. I don't
> think its "nafta(leen)" either, which has some more warnings on the
> bottle. The dutch "Benzine" should not be confused with "Benzene" (or
> "Tri-chloorbenzene"), which makes chemist duck and cover when you only
> mention the name. Sorry for not knowing the English names for this
> stuff, its not very helpful this way :(

  The stuff used at the electronics shop is 1,1,1-trichloroethane.  The
shop used to get it in 55-gal. drums until the EPA forced the stuff to be
much more expensive in an attempt to get industry to stop using it.

Crow

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