Does anybody know a legitimate source of 100% alcohol that isn't a scam? When I go on ebay, there are tons of listings that claim to be 99% isopropyl alcohol, but they may be lying. I would need this for careful work with electronics.
100% Alcohol Where To Find
>100% Alcohol
doesn't exist
Something like 99.9% would be decent, but I imagine it would be pretty expensive. Still, a legitimate source of 99% would be nice. It would be fine if the rest were distilled water, but it probably wouldn't be.
Ethanol alcohol
Stupid question but why?
Everclear/Graves is USP 96% ethanol that you can buy in a liquor store
How much do you lose through excise taxes? Do people actually use that for practical purposes? The other 4% probably isn't distilled water. The rest would have to be water without any electrolytes.
It's like 16 bucks for 750ml and you can also drink it. I use it for cleaning electronics and haven't broken anything yet.
>computer nerd's unwillingness to learn basic chemistry leads to confusion, frustration and wasted time and effort
Can't you get a lower purity one and distill the water out of it?
How would you do that?
Water forms an azeotrope with ethanol at 96% ethanol concentration. You need a drying agent to rid the remaining water. 3A mole seives/magnesium sulfate should work
If you had 100%, it would immediately absorb water from the atmosphere, bringing it down to 96% or so
Why would it do that?
I buy 99% rubbing alcohol at the local drug store every few weeks to clean my glasses. Do they not sell it in your area? Literally every pharmacy carries it here.
t. leaf
>clean my glasses
Interesting, hey mind telling me your home address haha
>clean my glasses
You aren't doing a good job of cleaning those glasses since the stuff they sell over the counter at pharmacies is only 91%.
https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-91-isopropyl-alcohol-32-oz-prodid-1011920
https://www.walgreens.com/q/isopropyl+alcohol
Are you literally moronic? The pharmacy sells 70%, 91%, and 99%. I buy the 99%.
https://www.londondrugs.com/psp-isopropyl-alcohol-99---500ml/L2301232.html
>get job in semiconductor fab
>bring container in your bunny suit
>fill with pure ipa at the ipa sink
we use so much 100% alcohol in the fab
you can just buy 70% and salt it out
10.1002/jctb.447
Impossible to distill it that pure.