Probably, we kept it under 40 lbs nitrogen gas so it wouldn't explode. It's Health-Fire-Safety rating was 4-4-4 (bad-bad-bad), it is a teratogen and mutagen. Was great stuff to work with. I had to use a 100 lb forced air mask, wear 2-3 layers of gloves (space gloves were these silver plastic kind, then a pair of butyl gloves, and if it was hot a pair of leather gloves). Try to work on a 10 gallon scale up reactor with all that crap on. Amazing how difficuly it can be to use a wrench when you can't feel it in your hand through the gloves.
We had 2 indicators in there - a yellow flashing light meant get out, your health is in jepordy. A white strobe meant run for your life, and turn the wind-tunnel exhaust fan on your way out. The back wall and ceiling were designed to give way first in case of an explosion. Got a yellow strobe about once a week, a white one about once a month. If I was at home and a light flickered I found myself running for the door. Now I'm a software developer, sitting in my cube under a fluorescent light, drinking my coffee. Much better work environment. --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "Greg and April" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ethylene Oxide? Isn't that the stuff they used in fuel air bombs, because it has a tendency to spontaneously ignite when it reached the proper fuel/air ratio for combustion? > > Greg H. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Walt Patrick > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 21:56 > Subject: Re: [biofuel] New catalysis/methanol > > > > Boy that brings back memories of ethoxylating cellulose back in the 70's, > back before the oil embargo and the price of ethylene oxide tripled. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel 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/
