[HECnet] TK50 issues

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Lee, have you looked up the pKa for methanol?

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Van: Lee Gleason
Verzonden: zaterdag 17 mei 2014 22:17
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Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] TK50 issues




Methanol would do as well but is more poisonous.


Careful with methanol - it's a more potent solvent in general than ethanol 
or isopropanol. Lots of rubber and plastic compounds are attacked by 
methanol.

Additionally, the H in the OH group isn't held onto as tightly as in the 
other organic OH compounds, so methanol is corrosive to metal.

It's also a middlin' good oxidizer for some metals.

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