Mike old buddy, good to see you are still around! Did
you ever get my old TR4 restored?
--- Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com> wrote:
> tr3driver@ca.rr.com wrote:
> >> To test good "shine or lighting"
> >> pour a shot on a table top then light it, better
> burn blue, if it's green
> >> don't drink, it's lead alcohol and very deadly,
> >>
> >
> > Well, I just learned something ! I knew it was
> common practise to use an old truck radiator for the
> condensor, and the shine would leach the lead out of
> the solder ... but never knew how to test for it.
> >
> >
>
> If I remember my chemistry correctly, flame tests
> for copper ions are
> also green. The difference in color should be
> noted--copper burns
> bluish-green, while a pale sea-foam green color
> indicates lead. So,
> someone being very careful to exclude lead from
> their copper distilling
> equipment would be tarred unfairly by this flame
> test. As well, this
> test would indicate little about the much greater
> danger in
> moonshine--wood alcohol. All commonly available
> alcohols burn with a
> light, barely perceptible blue flame, and it would
> take some discernment
> to note the flame difference between methanol and
> ethanol.
>
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Michael D. Porter
> Roswell, NM
>
> Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's
> within walking distance....
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