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Offline gumusonur

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alcohol smell
« on: March 20, 2020, 03:47:30 AM »
hi everyone,

ı have ethyl alcohol but this alcohol has very bad smell. dont same other ethyl alcholol. how can i decrease tihs smell. any idea? thanks.

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Re: alcohol smell
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2020, 12:21:02 PM »
If you think its expired or contaminated, I wouldn't use it in the lab. Don't know what you are using it for though.

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Re: alcohol smell
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2020, 08:34:28 AM »
I didn't imagine ethanol fouling or ageing. Quite the opposite, I have vodka because wine degrades quickly when a bottle is opened.

Could there possibly be some stinky compound added to ethanol sold as a fuel or a cleaner to prevent its use as a drink? Removing that would be difficult, and probably illegal.

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