Re: Where can I find...

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>


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> Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
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> Hi Jim / All
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> > Second choice: a feed store, where you can buy mineral oil (used as a
> > laxative for farm animals) by the gallon
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> I've often wondered, but never got around to asking: is this what is
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> known in the UK as "liquid paraffin"?  Certainly sounds like what I
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> use for a horse drench...

Assuming it's not what we call kerosine...(although Kerosine will work just
fine as a dielectric... It's just a bit more flammable).
If your liquid paraffin is the stuff you can burn in a stove or lamp, then
it's kerosine.

When it comes right down to it, almost any liquid hydrocarbon (including
butane at 0C, gasoline, hexane, petroleum ether, diesel fuel, #2 heating
oil, or heavy ship bunker fuel) will work as a dielectric.  Its more a
matter of handling convenience, hazard (longer chains are better... lower
flash point), etc.


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> Cheers
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> Matthew Smith
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