Re: Caring for microscopes

"Kevin Cunningham" <smskjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jul 1, 5:23 pm, Richard J Kinch <ki...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kevin Cunningham writes:
Benzene, if used in Germany, can be heptane.

No. Benzene is the aromatic hydrocarbon C6H6, never heptane or other
paraffin. Benzene is not benzin or benzine.

There is confusion of terminology, and then there is confusion from not
knowing organic chemistry.

Richard,

Heard this from a buddy who had just been to Germany. What mechanics
and messen mechanics call "benzene" is really heptane. First of all
they're translating between German and English, secondly this is only
one plant. I'm sure that it might be called heptane in other plants.
Now my buddy has used heptane since he was 19, he's in his 40's now.
He can pick it out. Oh, he was over there with a good friend, another
messen mechanic, he says it heptane like one of the local vendors
sells, local being in Atlanta. And he's in his late 40's.

Thanks,

Kevin Cunningham
SMS

Benzene is called benzol in German... No confusion possible there.


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