From: Patrick Jankowiak (recycler@swbell.net)
Date: Sun Aug 22 2004 - 08:19:00 PDT
I recall in high school using carbon-tet and a rag to clean the
huge rheostats inside the stage lighting panel. The physics
instructor supplied it. He made no indication that it was toxic,
other than for drinking purposes.
m35products wrote:
> Ah well, another of my childhood memories, once the subject of sonnet and
> song, dashed upon the rock of chemical revelation. C Cl 4 was the liquid of
> choice (not counting gin) in my house when I was a wee lad. It was used to
> clean any soiled spot on any material. Its efficacy was so reknowned that
> we even occasionally used it to remove grease and other slime from our
> dainty paws. It probably accounts for my current list of ailments, not the
> least of which is folliculus irrationalus, or the syndrome of no hair on the
> top of the head, but plenty coming out the ears.
>
> apb
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor@quik.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Pyrene Fire Extinguishers
>
>
>
>>Bobby Joe Pendleton wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I think "Pyrene" is the manufacture of the Extinguishers. Carbon
>>>tetrachloride is what is in them.
>>
>>Carbon tet is quite toxic as the previous post noted. It is also
>
> significantly
>
>>denser (1.5x) than water, so the extinguisher will feel 'heavy'
>>
>>There is another hazard that should be noted. Carbon tet can react with
>
> oxygen
>
>>to form Phosgene, a WAR GAS !!
>>
>>See: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/carbonte.html
>>
>>http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/phosgene/basics/facts.asp
>>
>>So, don't spray the contents on a hot manifold or something. Hot metal may
>>catalyze the reaction.
>>
>>FWIW,
>>-John
>>
>>
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