I would like to know who makes Propylene Glycol Dinitrate as well as general
properties, MSDS location, etc.  Any suggestions?
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Marriage is 90% giving.  The trick to a good marriage
is knowing when to take your 10%!  –  Grandpa Inman.
                      <usual disclamer>
Neil.Flat…@Rose-Hulman.Edu         (812) 877 – 8316

We are looking for sources of chemistry related databases, ftp sites, etc.  
Many times we just need a boiling point.  If people will post or mail me
such references, I would be willing to assemble a resource guide for
everyone’s use.  For starters, lets go with ChemAbstracts on-line.  We
have the info on site regarding rates, new accounts and so on.
————–
Marriage is 90% giving.  The trick to a good marriage
is knowing when to take your 10%!  –  Grandpa Inman.
                      <usual disclamer>
Neil.Flat…@Rose-Hulman.Edu         (812) 877 – 8316

I have been asked to post this message by someone without internet access.
Please DO NOT reply to me via email. Thanks.

Richard Daley

I am currently writing an intermediate level biochemistry textbook. Sevral
profiles of young investigators who have made notable contributions to the
field will be included. Any suggestions of names of interested individuals
would be appreciated. As currently envisioned, each profile will contain
biographical information, a brief description of research accomplishments
and possible a discussion of life experiences that contributed to the
individual’s success. Please send your suggestions to:

John J. Berns
Wm. C. Borwn Publishers
2460 Kerper Bouldvard
Dubuque, IA 52001

A downhill skier was recently killed in Austria, partially to blame
say the papers is the ski area for treating the snow with PTX3 to
prevent snow loss and that the chemical changes the nature of the
snow and makes it "grabby".  I presume that PTX3 is a trade name
and that someone out there knows what its chemical structure is.
Chemical Abstracts lists PTX3.3 as a small peptide, but references
pertain to neurotransmitter effects, not relevant to snow.  The "PT"
clearly is not platinum being spread on snow!  So come on you industrial
chemists, help us out.

-Todd Wipke
 wi…@chemistry.ucsc.edu
 UC Santa Cruz

PS: Our NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program application
    deadline is 15 Feb 94.  Forms avail from "files…@secs.ucsc.edu",
    msg body "SEND SURF".  US Citizens and Residents only, current undergrads
    only.

I have the following chemistry reference books for sale.  All are in
*excellent* condition (I am not kidding!) and have hardly been used.  I have
access to these volumes at my office so I no longer need my personal copies.  
Please make me reasonable offers via email.

TITLE                                       LIST PRICE  ASKING PRICE
^^^^^                                       ^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
     1st Student Edition (softcover)        $30.00      $20.00

Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry
     13th Edition (hardcover)               $79.95      $45.00

Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry
     14th edition (hardcover)               $79.95      $60.00

Remember, all books are in "like-new" condition.   The first person to offer me
my asking price will get the book, otherwise the best offer received by Monday,
Feb. 14 will get it.

Blaine
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Blaine J. Weddle                            bwed…@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
OSU Dept. of Chemistry, Box 273
140 W. 18th Ave.
Columbus, OH  43210

I need info on evaporation rates of solvents in paints.  Please oh
please.  Can anyone help?  Thanks, Tom

MG> A while ago, my friend broke a thermometer and put the liquid
MG>mercury inside a cup. We were playing around with it, and it did come in
MG>contact with my hand for probably a minute at the most. Not thinking,
MG>and not remembering, I totally forgot the mercury was poisonous. So
MG>what’s the story here? Is there a possibility I harmed myself? Are there
MG>any steps I should take in the way of medical attention?

  No.
—
 þ SLMR 2.1a þ –

Having failed in sci.electronics, here goes…

Is it possible to calibrate a home relative humidity guage by setting
in the water softener brine tank for a period of time (at approx. 65
degrees F basement temperature) ?  I could pile up a few salt blocks
in the tank to make a ‘stand’ for the guage to sit on.  This would
be in the closed brine tank with the completely saturated salt solution
at the bottom.  I seem to recall that certain chemicals can be used to
establish certain relative humidity levels.   Is this true?  Is this
a reasonable calibration method?

Please guys…this is not a joke.  I’m looking for some home method
to verify the relative accuracy of a humidity guage.

Please E-mail me direct since I do not normally read this group.

Thanks!

Wayne Strahl – W9II       wstr…@cbnewsg.att.com

HU,
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NLR>–
NLR>  Norman L. Reitzel, Jr.       |    "When you live beside the
NLR>graveyard,
NLR>  nreit…@lonestar.utsa.edu   |       you can’t cry for every
NLR>funeral."
NLR>  Blue Water Ventures, dba.    |                         Russian
NLR>Proverb
NLR>
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NLR>–
I’m just overlooooooking a graveyard!
Actually, I enjoy eating breakfast on my balcony, while looking over all of the
nice flowers. I don’t think many people have a view over such a nice "garden"
which by law cannot be ruined. So if anyone ever is thinking about moving in
somewhere with a deadly type of view, it mainly has positive aspects. I just
question what people walking about in the cemetary think of me sitting on my
balcony enjoying life.

Greetings
Andreas
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Andreas Liese          internet: a.li…@kfa-juelich.de

I’m looking for a good source/catalog for Diels-Alder reagents.  I’m
looking for something more specific to dienes and dienophiles, than
an Aldrich or Sigma catalog!  Any Suggestons?

Please post, or e-mail replys,

Thanks in advance,
‘phen

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