D & M wrote:
CavemanCharlie wrote:
I thought the fuel for those Coleman lanterns was more like kerosene then gas. I don't own one, obviously. But, I have seen them work. If there powered by gas then I think they look dangerous just by themselves. After all you have to pump them up to compress the canister. Looks like a bomb waiting to happened to me.
Nooo. not kerosene. It's highly flammable naphtha.
Actually, according to the MSDS, it is:
INGREDIENT NAME, CAS #, EXPOSURE LIMITS, PERCENT BY VOLUME
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Hydrotreated Light Distillate, C
AS # 68410-97-9, OSHA-500 ppm, 100.0
This product contains:
*Cyclohexane, CAS # 110-82-7,
OSHA-300 ppm, ACGIH-300 ppm
*Nonane, CAS # 111-84-2, ACGIH-200 ppm
*Octane, CAS # 111-65-9, OSHA-400 ppm, ACGIH-300 ppm
*Heptane, CAS # 142-82-5, OSHA-500 ppm, ACGIH-400 ppm
*Pentane, CAS # 109-66-0, OSHA-1000 ppm, ACGIH-600 ppm
See it all here:
http://www.coleman.com/uploadedFiles/Content/Customer_Support/Safety/lantern.pdf
