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minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 hours ago We whipped up a batch of improvised napalm with a bunch of kerosene and a styrofoam cooler Kerosene doesn’t dissolve styrofoam. You’re thinking of gasoline.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoKerosene is still a non-polar solvent, why wouldn’t it dissolve styrofoam?
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoI was a kid at the time, but I’m pretty sure we used kerosene. It was red.
Kerosene doesn’t dissolve styrofoam. You’re thinking of gasoline.
Kerosene is still a non-polar solvent, why wouldn’t it dissolve styrofoam?
I was a kid at the time, but I’m pretty sure we used kerosene. It was red.