<VV> Stale Gas Questions - Methyl Hydrate

[Jim Burkhard]

Dad, Bob, et al-

Yes, "methyl hydrate" is just an archaic term for methanol (insert 
joke here about when YOU earned your Chem. E. degree, 'cause this 
terminology was way before that). It's akin to calling sulphur 
"brimstone" or CO2 "carbonic acid".  In any event, it's a cheap drying 
agent for fuel, but not a great one -- isopropanol (a.k.a "IPA" or 
"propan-2-ol") is much better.

Jim Burkhard


FrankCB at aol.com wrote:
> Bob,
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>>     By the way, what do you mean by methyl  hydrate?  Do you mean methyl 
>> alcohol (methanol, CH3OH?)  The  isopropanol type of gas additive (like "IsoDri") 
>> is much better and less  corrosive.
>>     Good luck!
>>     Frank Burkhard  

> In a message dated 7/25/2007 10:16:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
> bgilbert at redshift.bc.ca writes:
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> I can add  methyl hydrate to absorb any water but what can I do about the bad
> gas?  There is no practical way to drain the tank (I think they put the tank
> on  the floor and built the boat around it!)