Re: Mineral spirits

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• Subject: Re: Mineral spirits
• From: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 12:34:39 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: "Eric Davidson" <edavidson-at-icva.gov>
> 
> Matt, Robert and Kerry et al,
> 
> Mineral spirits is not mineral oil, nor is it a single compound. Mineral
> spirits, also known as ligroin,  is similar to petroleum benzin,
> Skellysolve or naphtha.  Ligroin (mineral spirits) however, consists of the
> higher boiling fractions (135-145 C) of petroleum (aliphatic hydrocarbons
> mostly, but probably some aromatics like benzene, toluene, xylene and some
> polycyclics are in there too).  The flash point is around zero C.  Mineral
> OIL on the other hand is liquid petrolatum.  Its colorless, odorless,
> tasteless and has a much higher flash point (I dont know what it is right
> off hand). Mineral OIL is also a mixture of compounds, all very long chain
> aliphatic hydrocarbons (just to the liquid side of paraffin). Unlike mineral
> spirits, mineral OIL is practically non toxic, and is sometimes used as a
> laxative. I hope this helps you deceide which compound will best suit your
> needs.
> 
> Eric

	Around the Los Angeles area "mineral spirits" are (is?) anything left
in the bottom of the barrel after everything else has been sold.  Odor
varies a lot, color ditto (seldom really clear), and price also.

Ed

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