Ken Provost said: > > The question of how much ethoxide is really present > is an interesting one -- certainly less than there is > methoxide when you use methanol, but that's why you > have to use so much more KOH (or NaOH) with ethanol > than with methanol. (yes, NaOH does work, once you > get it dissolved).
You are sure that NaOH or KOH can be used to make ethoxide? Please give more detail. If it is so, why is ethanol so difficult to use in making BD? > The most interesting thing about that link is not the > content, which is dubious, but the format. Do I under- > stand that the conversation was recorded and then tran- > scribed, or was the transcription somehow automatic? > > If the latter, THAT'S COOL! -K No, it was a conversation typed back and forth on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) I simply kept a log file of it, much like saving an email. To make it easier to read, I added some table formating (quick and easy to do using vi and regex). Dan -- Jack of all trades, master of none. Fiber Artist - Genealogist - Kilt Maker - Linux Geek - Piper - Woodworker http://www.xmission.com/~redbeard ------------------------ 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/
