[NHCOLL-L:4212] Re: Question re. solvent (ethanol) recycling

[John E Simmons]

Alan,
I believe that the fish collection at Tulane uses a still to recycle their
alcohol (or at least they did pre-Katrina).  You might want to contact
Nelson Rios, nelson at museum.tulane.edu

--John

John E. Simmons
Museologica
128 E. Burnside Street
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708
www.museologica.com
and
Adjunct Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
19 Deike Building
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-2709
jes67 at psu.edu

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Alan Resetar <aresetar at fieldmuseum.org>wrote:

> Hi:
>
> Does anyone have any experience using a commercial solvent recycling still
> for ethanol?  It seems like a good way to reduce the cost of disposing of
> used ethanol and buying clean ethanol.  Here is a link to an older profile
> on the use of a still:
> http://www.istc.illinois.edu/info/library_docs/TN/tn00-074.pdf
>
> Any comments on stills will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Resetar (Mr.)
> Acting Divisional Manager & Collection Manager
> Division of Amphibians and Reptiles
> Field Museum of Natural History
> 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.
> Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 USA
> 1-312-665-7768 - Phone
> 1-312-665-7932 - Fax
> aresetar at fieldmuseum.org - E-mail
> Please check our collection website at
> http://fm1.fieldmuseum.org/collections/search.cgi?dest=herps
> Please check our reprint website at
> http://www.fmnh.org/research_collections/zoology/aandr_reprints.htm
>
>
> http://www.fieldmuseum.org/biodiversity/scientist_profiles/scientist_resetar.html
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