The Daring Dufas wrote:
> On 1/30/2013 1:40 PM, Danny D. wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:35:17 -0500, krw wrote:
>>
>>> No more than 190 proof (though some is "only" 150 proof). Ethanol can't
>>> be distilled beyond 95%. To get it more pure, things like Benzene have
>>> to be added, which just kills the flavor.
>>
>> Look at what I just found in my "chemical stash" from grad school days!
>> http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12077994.jpg
>>
>> It's pure ethanol, with a long tax stamp even!
>> It has to be 35 years old or more!
>>
>> I don't see 'any' mention of benzene on the bottle though ...
>>
>> PS: When did they stop using tax stamps on alcohol?
>>
>
> When my brother was in college studying chemistry his professor was Dr.
> Smith and the good professor would mix a laxative into the ethyl alcohol
> in the lab producing a mixture known as Smithinol. My brother told of a
> few idiots who raided the chemistry lab supply room for some ethyl
> alcohol to make a punch mix for a party. The consumption of the punch
> caused a complete evacuation of the party goers who partook of the
> punch. The cleanup of the party location was quite an odoriferous
> undertaking. ^_^
>
> TDD


Probably castor oil. It dissolves completely and colorlessly in alcohol.

Bob