[Gasification] Methanol toxicity?

[Dick Glick]

>From Wilipedia -- and probably your engine: The major use of ethylene glycol 
is as an engine coolant and antifreeze. Due to its low freezing point, it 
has also been used as a deicing fluid for windshields and jet engines. 
Ethylene glycol has become increasingly important in the plastics industry 
for the manufacture of polyester fibers and resins, including polyethylene 
terephthalate, which is used to make plastic bottles for soft drinks. The 
antifreeze capabilities of ethylene glycol have made it an important 
component of vitrification mixtures for low-temperature preservation of 
biological tissues and organs.

Best, Dick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Pelletier" <jbunny at goldcity.net>
To: "Thomas Reed" <tombreed at comcast.net>; "Thomas Pirotte" 
<Thomas.Pirotte at coxhealth.com>; "gasifiCATION" 
<GASIFICATION at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Methanol toxicity?


> what is the main ingrediant in plain antifreeze.
> i know for a fact that unless you get aluminum
> compatible antifreeze it will eat up the aluminium.
> Louis Pelletier
> in Beautiful British Columbia
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thomas Reed" <tombreed at comcast.net>
>
>
>> Dear Thomas:
>>
>> Right on!
>>
>> Methanol does not corrode aluminum, but will do a job on magnesium.  So
>
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