I'm pretty sure that crystal drano is one of the 'foaming' draino- like products with aluminum flakes in it that react with the lye when the product is added to water. In any case, don't use it for biodiesel! Mark
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "tom_eberhard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I was wondering if anyone had used Drano Crystal as a source > of Sodium Hyrdoxide, as I have been unable to easily find Red > Devil Lye. (have not looked too hard yet.) > I almost posted this without doing research, and decided > to look at what is in Drano Crystal. Seems like it's 54.2% NaOH, > see links below. So it probably wouldn't work to make biodiesel. > tom. > > http://www.frankmckinnon.com/sodium_hydroxide1.htm > Lewis - Red Devil Lye > [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, > Center for Disease Control, National > Institute for Occupational Safety Health. Registry ofToxic Effects of > Chemical Substances (RTECS). National > Library of Medicine's current MEDLARS file.,p. 86/8604]**PEER > REVIEWED** > > Drano crystals contain 54.2% sodium hydroxide; Clinitest tablets > contain 232.5 mg sodium hydroxide /From table/ > [Gossel, T.A., J.D. Bricker. Principles of Clinical Toxicology. 3rd > ed. New York, NY: Raven Press, Ltd., > 1994. 224]**PEER REVIEWED** ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
