You learn a new thing everyday, what I learned today? Benzine can kill you! =[ It’s in the brush cleaner I use to clean out my brushes while working on the mascots, I got a headache and my fingers became numb and my stomach started turning, I came home at lunch, I still feel a little wierd, but I do feel alot better, I’m glad that I know that though… for now on I’m going to wear gloves and a mask…
Petroleum ether, also known as benzine, X4 or Ligroin, is a group of various volatile, highly flammable, liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as nonpolar solvents.
Petroleum ether is obtained from petroleum refineries as the portion of the distillate which is intermediate between the lighter naphtha and the heavier kerosene. It has a specific gravity of between 0.6 and 0.8 depending on its composition.
Benzine should not be confused with benzene. Benzine is a mixture of alkanes, e.g., pentane, hexane, and heptane, whereas benzene is a cyclic, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H6. Likewise, petroleum ether should not be confused with the class of organic compounds called ethers, which contain the O functional group.
During the Second World War some extermination camps experimented by killing people with benzine injections.
Gauged my ears up to a half last night, =] Troy helped me because I couldn’t get them to go through my ear, but I love em!
School is almost out, I’m pretty happy and yet bummed at the same time, but it’ll be nice to get out, I’ll work more and earn more money, and I’m going to finish up my mascots for the school, it’s awesome, because the school hired me to do that job… So I’m pretty happy that someone actually, well recognized me to do it? Now I just need to learn to work in a well venilated area, art will probably be my death. . .
Getting dizzy again, so night!
