Re: Naptha

[<GRBroman@aol.com>]

Ed, 
I know.  The sad thing is that I used to know all this stuff.  I work in a different technical area now and I've found that I've had to forget everything I used to know to make room for the things I need to know now.  Getting old just isn't as much fun as it used to be, I guess.
Glen

In a message dated Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:32:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ed Evanhoe <gangster@oio.net> writes:

<< Glen,

 >>At 10:50 AM 6/5/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Cookie, I thought that Naptha was a thickener.  I seem to recall that 
>naptha is the NA is Napalm (Naptha-Palmitic,If my addled brain is still 
>working)that was added to gasoline as the thickener.  Granted that 
>gasoline and diesel have different properties and flash points, but 
>wouldn't it thicken both?  I'm trying to remember the various additives in 
>US diesel fuel for use in normal and arctic type environments, 
>unfortumately, I can't for the life of me remember what the additives are 
>right now.
>Glen <<

Now I'm confused.  I remember (from college chemistry days) Naptha as a 
thin liquid and that it had to be thickened for use in Napalm.  Could 
easily be wrong.

Regards

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