ISO heat??
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Per Google Search..........
Iso-heet msds:
Appears to be 99% Methanol.
The msds for Methonol says Methyl Alcohol.
Isopropyl Alcohol msds:
Appears to be 100% Isopropyl Alcohol.
Google search:
Isopropyl alcohol is a slightly bigger molecule than ethanol (Methanol is CH4O, Ethanol is C2H6O and Isopropyl alcohol is C3H8O) and is often cheaper to make. It is not as poisonous as methanol (an ounce of methanol can kill you and a third of an ounce causes blindness). So it is useful as a solvent in the same way acetone is useful as a solvent. It also burns nicely.
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Methanol, CH3OH, is a 1 carbon alcohol. Only one place to put the OH.
Ethanol, CH3CH2OH, is a 2 carbon alcohol. The OH group, on either carbon, would not alter the compound. Both carbons are equivalent in this respect (not afterwards, though).
Isopropyl alcohol, CH3 CHOHCH3
It's a 3 carbon alcohol with the OH in the middle. It's considered a secondary alcohol. The OH group on either of the other 2 carbons would make it a primary alcohol, like methanol and ethanol. Primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols have behavioral differences.
This link may help explain some of these differences.
http://chestofbooks.com/food/beverages/A…
Iso-heet msds:
Appears to be 99% Methanol.
The msds for Methonol says Methyl Alcohol.
Isopropyl Alcohol msds:
Appears to be 100% Isopropyl Alcohol.
Google search:
Isopropyl alcohol is a slightly bigger molecule than ethanol (Methanol is CH4O, Ethanol is C2H6O and Isopropyl alcohol is C3H8O) and is often cheaper to make. It is not as poisonous as methanol (an ounce of methanol can kill you and a third of an ounce causes blindness). So it is useful as a solvent in the same way acetone is useful as a solvent. It also burns nicely.
Best Answer - Chosen by Voters (from http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090803224903AAHwie6)
Methanol, CH3OH, is a 1 carbon alcohol. Only one place to put the OH.
Ethanol, CH3CH2OH, is a 2 carbon alcohol. The OH group, on either carbon, would not alter the compound. Both carbons are equivalent in this respect (not afterwards, though).
Isopropyl alcohol, CH3 CHOHCH3
It's a 3 carbon alcohol with the OH in the middle. It's considered a secondary alcohol. The OH group on either of the other 2 carbons would make it a primary alcohol, like methanol and ethanol. Primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols have behavioral differences.
This link may help explain some of these differences.
http://chestofbooks.com/food/beverages/A…
I think rubbing alcohol actually has water mixed in with it?
I just checked my bottle of Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol and it is 30% water and 70% Iso...
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sledneck_03
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You need to make sure its 99% the 1% is something to keep you from drinking it or something like that.
worked at a service station when I was a kid (long ago), and had a customer bitch about the price of Heat. So, instead, he grabbed a bottle of rubbing alcohol off the shelf that was a fraction of the price to "show us how smart he was". He basically paid money to pour water in his tank. Needless to say, the customer is always right and I took his money.
The whole incedent spurred an experiment. We filled two glass bottles with Heat (yellow bottle) and Isoheat (red bottle) and shook them up. With the yellow the water pretty much floated on top of the heat which would allow your fuel lines to unfreeze. The red actually stayed mixed with the water, which I would think, also benefits you by actually getting the water out of your tank. Hope this was a useful rant.
The whole incedent spurred an experiment. We filled two glass bottles with Heat (yellow bottle) and Isoheat (red bottle) and shook them up. With the yellow the water pretty much floated on top of the heat which would allow your fuel lines to unfreeze. The red actually stayed mixed with the water, which I would think, also benefits you by actually getting the water out of your tank. Hope this was a useful rant.
iso heat
o.k. just so you guys dont think im coming off cheap, i was told to use 100% isopropyl and a guy at auto parts store told me to use rubbing alchohol.
i thought this was odd so i asked the powers at being for your knowledge. i apparently have moisture in fuel system on turbo m-8. red bottle of iso-heat is what i dumped in. thanks
o.k. just so you guys dont think im coming off cheap, i was told to use 100% isopropyl and a guy at auto parts store told me to use rubbing alchohol.
i thought this was odd so i asked the powers at being for your knowledge. i apparently have moisture in fuel system on turbo m-8. red bottle of iso-heat is what i dumped in. thanks
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Bowfisher
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Isn't it 10% ethanol?
Thought so
But doesn't ethanol basically do the same thing as Heet does? At least that is how I always understood it and was told by a few mechanics.
Now if it is non-oxy premium I can see dumping some in,
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