Boiler Compound

[Greg Hermann]

>Surfing around the internet I ran into this very interesting compound - made
>by Olin - called Scav-Ox.   Seems its non flammable so it should be readily
>available without exotic handling ( no nitrogen blanket, electro-static
>grounding, special fire handling permits storage etc).  Since its an
>expendable used to scavenge oxygen from running boilers, disposal permits not
>needed.  Nice clean alternative market for this special material.  Shouldn't
>alert either the DEA or the FBI to the fact you purchased ( aquired ) this
>stuff.
>
>There is a whole special area of fuels dealing with ignition enhancers,
>substances that blended with power fuels, reduce the induction period and
>allow significantly less advance to be used.  Propolyene Oxide is a good
>example.  Power will increase when blended with gasoline up to about 10%,
>after which, no further increase will result in power increases.   A little
>more can be used with methanol and nitromethane.  Formaldehyde - up to 5% can
>be blended with methanol and have the same effect.
>
>Anyway, Scav-Ox should have a similar effect on methanol or gasoline.  Either
>case would have to blend with acetone first and then with fuel as its only 35%
>compound and 65% water.  Great spiker for water/alcohol injection.
>
>Interesting discovery ( for me ).  Products like Scav-Ox which contains NH2 do
>not like H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) or NO2 ( Nitro Methane, propane , benzene )
>much.   Guess that's ok cause Scav-Ox  ( Probably from Scavenge Oxygen - a bad
>chemical in boilers ) should make lots of power by itself if used as an
>additive.
>
>H           H
>   \       /
>    N - N         or more conventionally   N2H4 active ingredient 35%
>  /       \
>H         H
>
>or for the chemically challenged ( like myself )
>
>Hydrazine Monohydrate  N2H4-H2O
>
Yep--hydrazine has been one of the oxygen scavenging (boiler) feed water
additives of choice for quite a long time. It would seem that Olin has
simply found a way to market it which keeps all of the safety,
environmental, and BATF GEEKS out of the loop. For a feedwater application,
who cares if if is diluted 2:1 with water, as it's gonna get diluted with
H2O ANYWAY in its final use.

Don't you know that these GEEKS are so arrogant that they do not think that
you would (or should) know how to dry such a product back out for use in
more fun applications?? SHAME!! (But for goodnes sake, don't tell 'em you
know how!!)

Truly amazing that the aforementioned GEEKS have not banned Jules Verne's
book "The Mysterious Island" from public libraries (and especially school
libraries),  since it contains complete instructions and recipe for the
manufacture of nitro (glycerin, not methane) from commonly available and
accessible natural minerals!!

Said GEEKS should thank their lucky stars that neither the Weathermen nor
Timmy McVeigh were better read!!!  And maybe we should thank someone that
said GEEKS are not as smart as they think they are!!

Here I go getting the poor farmers in trouble again, but I have not
researched the subject. Could it be all that tough (and maybe a lot more
economical) to make straight hydrazine using anhydrous ammonia (NH3) for
feedstock??  (The (anhydrous) ammonia is pretty readily available (for use
as either fertilizer or refrigerant or diazo blueprint developer) for about
$.50/lb. in 100 lb. bottles)

A properly (home) built fractionation tower might be another approach which
would work pretty well, and for less $$$ than chemical drying. (plus you
could also use the tower for making corn squeexin's!!!) (You could burn the
latter in motors, too, either your vehicles' or your own internal one!!)

Regards, Greg