Re: Petroleum Ether
Wolfram, Sat Nov 25 2006, 09:08PM

A simple wikipedia search would have given you the answer.

Re: Petroleum Ether
Eartaker, Sat Nov 25 2006, 10:39PM

Yeah that was a dumb question lol, anyway is there a reason this stuff is controlled by some companys? one company wouldnt sell me any but another sold me 2L.

Re: Petroleum Ether
Bored Chemist, Sun Nov 26 2006, 10:41AM

A lot of solvents are controlled because they can be used for cocaine extraction.
Quite what the government hopes to achieve by this is not clear to me. Gasoline can be used as the solvent and I don't see them banning that any time soon.

Re: Petroleum Ether
Eartaker, Mon Nov 27 2006, 10:03PM

Ok well how about this... Ethyl Alcohol CH3CH2OH and Ethyl Alcohol C4H5OH one is drinkable and the other one i dont know about. what do u think?

Re: Petroleum Ether
Wolfram, Mon Nov 27 2006, 10:11PM

Check wikipedia for ethyl alcohol, I won't give you a link this time. If there's anything more you're wondering about regarding it, start a new thread. I believe this thread has served it's purpose, as the original question has been answered, so I'm locking it. Feel free to send me a PM if you disagree.


Anders M.