Robert,
>Speaking of Acetone, I noticed that an old metal container of it that
>I have keeps swelling up and creasing the metal a bit
The container
is ... probably only about six or seven years old. Is
this anything to be concerned about?
If you have a natural gas heater, hot water heater, or stove, with
a pilot light, you might have the makings for an explosion and fire
if that can of acetone can springs a leak and the vapors are ignited
by a pilot light. You might even be able to get an ignition spark off a
heater's wall thermostat.
I had a gasoline can made in the style of a military jerry can that
expanded and contracted too many times such that the metal fatigued
and it did spring a leak and the gasoline leaked out in the back of an
enclosed pickup truck camper shell, soaking the carpeting inside. Had
there been a source of ignition at the time, that truck would have burned
to the ground.
A new quart of acetone is only about $5 to $8 if I remember correctly.
Doesn't even compare to what it would cost you if your house burns down.
At 10:08 AM 1/5/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Quothe pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com, from writings of Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at
>11:23:13PM +0000:
>
> > On Jan 4, 12:36, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> > Acetone: TLV 1000ppm
>
>Speaking of Acetone, I noticed that an old metal container of it that
>I have keeps swelling up and creasing the metal a bit after it's
>reclosed, and vapors hiss out of it when it's opened. The container
>is slightly rusty, and probably only about six or seven years old. Is
>this anything to be concerned about?
>
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