Re: Caring for microscopes

On Jul 1, 12:31 am, Richard J Kinch <ki...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kevin Cunningham writes:
Zeiss,
by the way, uses ether and benzine, some were there has to be more
dangerous chemicals!

Ether (petroleum ether) (not to be confused with diethyl ether) and "benzin
(e)" (not to be confused with benzene) are just other names for the WalMart
product I suggested earlier. Chemists have a very confused history of
nomenclature.

And it goes beyond that. Benzene, if used in Germany, can be
heptane. The ether I was referring to is anesthesia grade, very pure,
very explosive. Oh, fun fact, this ether may generate a precipitate
that is explosive!

Thanks,

Kevin Cunningham
SMS
.

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