[pct-l] isopropyl alcohol as stove fuel???

[Patrick Beggan]

Alcohol of any kind of not volatile at all. It's very stable,  
actually, and even the most impure alcohol burns a lot cleaner than  
any petroleum-based fuel. Isopropyl alcohol will work in a stove but  
you don't want to use it, it has impurities that will dirty up your  
stove. Best kind of alcohol is ethanol, as pure as you can get it.


On Feb 14, 2008, at 10:05 PM, Carl Siechert wrote:

> I don't have the technical knowledge, but someone who does is Roy  
> Robinson. He says isopropyl alcohol is sooty, but even at 99%, not  
> too volatile. http://royrobinson.homestead.com/Cat_Stove.html
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net>  
> wrote:
> Question for someone with some technical knowledge.
>
> I have a bottle of 99% isopropyl alcohol for use as a sterilizer. I'm
> wondering if this can be used as a stove fuel. It's relatively  
> cheap. Or is
> it too volatile?
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