Gypsykayak_at_aol.com wrote: > What is denatured alcohol anyway? Why won't isopropyl alcohol (available at > any drugstore work). And please don't get too scientific on my you techies! > :) Denatured alcohol = 2 carbons and one oxygen. Isopropyl = 3 carbons and one oxygen, so it does not have as much oxygen per carbon in the mix as the deantured alcohol. You can reconfigure a stove to burn other fuels, but it usually means altering an orifice somwhere to increase or decrease the fuel flow, which is easier than altering the air flow. BTW, folks from OZ and the UK are claiming to burn methanol (1 carbon, one oxygen) in their Trangias -- does it burn hotter, or what? -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 07 2000 - 11:41:30 PST
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