Methyl Hydrate Vs Methanol
Methyl Hydrate Vs Methanol
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I have been experments using METHYL HYDRATE as a fuel. It is ready available in hardware stores as a Painting supply.
The engine that I am using runs fine when af is adjusted to it.
I did a search on the internet, and they are said to be the same.
Can someone verify this?





RE: Methyl Hydrate Vs Methanol
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RE: Methyl Hydrate Vs Methanol
I will asume any tunning that I do will be the same when I purchase larger quauties of methanol and run it.
RE: Methyl Hydrate Vs Methanol
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RE: Methyl Hydrate Vs Methanol
Methyl alcohol is a methyl group ( -CH3) attached to a hydroxyl group ( -OH). A more appropriate albeit cumbersome term is hydroxylated methane. Hydrate would indicate a water molecule is attached.
Methyl hydrate is also the name for the icelike, methane-water compound found at frigid ocean depths. It makes the newscasts from time to time since it has potential as both an energy source and a global warming threat (enormous amount of greenhouse gas). Structure of a Methyl Hydrate (more correctly, methane hydrate) molecule: