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- From: rh@craycos.com (Robert Herndon)
- Newsgroups: rec.pyrotechnics
- Subject: Re: Clean Burning Liquid Needed
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.031512.8878@craycos.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 03:15:12 GMT
- Organization: Cray Computer Corporation
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- I (should? can? will?) perhaps add that isopropyl alcohol is toxic.
- Not terribly so, but neither would I happily drink any quantity of
- it. Much like wood alcohol (methanol) in toxicity, I believe. Not
- good for the brain or eyes.
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- Should you show up at a hospital apparently having drunk any quantity
- of either methanol or isopropanol, you'll most likely be kept drunker
- than imaginable for the next few days...
-
- If low toxicity is desired, I'd definitely go with ethanol (EverClear,
- 151 rum, polish vodka, ...) or possibly some sort of easy-to-ignite
- vegetable oil. (Any suggestions? All the vegetable oils I'm familiar
- with burn rather sootily.)
-
- Robert
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- I'm not a juggler, but I play one on TV.
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