Hi Bob, Todd and all >Appal Energy wrote: > > Jason and Katie, > > > > I believe the operational premise here is that the sodium chloride > > (table salt) would settle out during a FFA recovery process, no > > different than the manner in which potassium phosphate settles out when > > using KOH as the catalyst and phosphoric acid in the FFA recovery. > > > > It's possible that an intermediary chlorine gas could be created. > >nope, not here > >I > > couldn't say precisely, as we've never used anything but phosphoric and > > occassionally sulfuric (in test amounts) acid in the FFA recovery. > > > > All chemicals behave differently when mixed. Someone is going to have to > > stand up and prefer some solid information on this one, rather than > > leaving it up to conjecture. > >I'm trying
You succeeded, IMHO, and thankyou very much, same to Todd. Definitely some damage control required there. :-) What with all the unwarranted paranoia over methanol already all we need is rumours of other noxious fumes that aren't even there. All best Keith > > > > Todd Swearingen > > > >> > >> > >>> Sodium chloride is table salt. Chlorine is the yellow gas you're > >>> talking about I think. You can get it from sodium chloride by > >>> electrolyzing saltwater, or mixing sodium hypochlorite with lye > >>> aparrently, but it's not all that dangerous by itself. > >>> > >>> > >> Chlorine gas was some of the other materials besides mustard gas that was > >> used in WWI in the chemical artillery shells. if you think it >isnt all that > >> bad, try reading some of the medical reports of affected soldiers, or even > >> the scientific studies that developed the ideas behind chemical warfare. > >> chlorine gas is one of the reasons chemical warfare is subject to such a > >> heavy retribution in the international community. if you dont think its > >> dangerous, by all means try it, then lets see how you fare. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
