Looking at the boiling range of plain old Coleman fuel, it looks to be mostly Heptane, which is what Optimus claim that their "Arctic" fuel is...
Managed to get a bit of work done on this little project over the last couple of days. Will try and get the test kit print-outs scanned and up...
JP-8 is the US name for NATO F-34, and contains all the same crap - i.e. Fuel System Icing Inhibitor (DIEGME), not to mention other stuff that...
Picked this little item up at a Militaria fair today. Problem is, I haven't got a clue about the manufacturer, and Google has only brought up the...
Er, sorry for that,dropped into work mode :oops: Simple answer is that with Distillation, you're looking at a physical property of a sample,...
We have large amounts of Jet A (F35 for any ex AAC or RAF types on here) Stoddard Solvent, White Spirit, plus F44 AVCAT at work. So I may as well...
As I have access to a rather broad range of kit at work (Herzog Distillation Kits, FTIR's, GC-MSD's, HPLC etc ) I thought I may as well take...
Just realised I may have had a bit of an idiot moment.... Tested both of 'em today in the back garden, heating up about a pint of water in a...
OK, so two of the Juwel 33's have finally been rebuilt (If anyone knows of any more Juwels, or an Arara37 thats up for sale, would you let me know...
Im *supposed* to have both 1.5 and 3 mm Nitrile on the way from him. He received payment two weeks ago, and yet I STILL havent got the goods....
Cheers for that. It's given me something useful to do at work next week :D
Right, I blame you lot for this. I pick up an old wartime era Juwel petrol stove to go with my reenactment gear, and before I know it, i've got...
Yes, I can see exactly what you mean Gordon. If the pressure release valve vents, then a large cloud of fuel could hit the burner. Goodbye...
Many thanks for the tips. I think i'll give it it's first outing at work - as i've got all the stuff to hand to deal with it if it gets a bit out...
Hi all, total newb to this, but you seem to be the "go to" guys for info, so please excuse me if this seems to be a totally dumb question. I've...
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