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Types of Alcohol
Several types of alcohols are mentioned when we talk about BioDiesel. Here is a 5 minute video of an experiment performed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno that used IsoPropyl Alcohol (Isopropanol) C3H8O, Methyl Alcohol (Methanol) CH3OH, and Ethyl Alcohol (Ethanol) CH3CH2OH. It is interesting to see how these three alchohols behave under the same ignition conditions.
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Methanol, an alcohol