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Chemistry?? Mixing Household Bleach and Methanol

04/19/2012 6:01 PM

I'm a hardware guy and know a little about chemistry, but I'm not sure of all the ramifications of an emergency message I recieved.

It appears some gents have been mixing household bleach and methanol for some internal cleaning of systems. I have heard this can be a fire hazard and can produce nasty fumes, but I wonder if someone can give a little more detail as to the dangers?

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04/19/2012 6:15 PM

chlorine/methanol bomb in stucco tub - YouTube

Here's a graphic example. The fun starts at 1:00 into the video.

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04/19/2012 7:22 PM

Could easily form Methyl Hypochlorite, unstable, toxic, explosive....

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04/19/2012 8:56 PM

I'm not sure we should continue this line of discussion.

Should we have this closed down?

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04/19/2012 9:02 PM

I'm done anyway.

Do, if you'd like.

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04/19/2012 10:42 PM

I agree!!!

Sorry I asked - can someone on CR4 delete all this??

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