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

[Tortoise]

took your advice and tried out the 99% isopropyl alcohol this afternoon. It 
burned with a yellow flame and produced lots of soot. Maybe some time I'll 
experiment with stove modifications and see if I can get good combustion 
and no soot.  Do we have any combustion engineers or scientists on the list?


Tortoise

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Greg Kesselring wrote:
> PS  Just reread your note and noticed that your isopropyl is 99 percent 
> as opposed to the 70 percent of most that you buy in stores.  Try it out 
> on your stove without mixing with other alcohol and see whether it 
> produces soot.  If not, you're in business.  If it does, then you can 
> try mixing it with ethanol until you get the right blend that is soot free.