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WOW, that’s really expensive! $144.10 per liter + hazardous material fee + shipping.
Jean-Paul
N1JPL
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 9:18 PM, Roger Blair Roger.Blair@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> FYI...
> http://www.sciencelab.com/page/S/PVAR/SLE2248
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> General Chemical Specifications: Assay (C2H5OH; by Volume) Min. 99.5% Water (H2O)0.2%
> Roger Blair
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> On 1/5/2016 5:43 PM, Jean-Paul Louis louijp@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
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>> Pure Ethyl Alcohol (Ethanol) will be the hardest to find in the US. All the pharmacies in the US now carry IPA (Iso Propyl Alcohol) which is not Ethanol. 96% purity limit for current ethanol is not by accident. It is the maximum purity that you can obtain by distillation. In order to get 99%, you need to use a different process that will go beyond the 96% limit. I do not know the english name of the process.
>> When I was in France, 99% Ethanol was available at any pharmacy and was called “Alcool rectifié” which translate approximately by rectified alcohol.
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>> My $0.02,
>> Jean-Paul
>> N1JPL / ex-AC9GH
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>> > On Jan 5, 2016, at 7:02 PM, alienrelics@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> > It says Ethyl Alcohol, which is often denatured. Not everyone uses the same denaturing agents.
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>> > However, in one of the comments he says:
>> > "The one I use is Ethyl alcohol (pure 96%) also called Ethanol. It's the one used as antiseptic."
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>> > Medical Ethyl alcohol seems to be about 95% or so.
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>> > Hardware store denatured alcohol seems to be about 90%.
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatured_alcohol
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>> > Some people in the comments mentioned Everclear. It seems to be sold in 75.5% (151 proof) and 95% (190 proof).
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>> > Steve Greenfield AE7HD
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