Re: Integral Tank Cleaning With Ammonia

[mr-asa]

In general, like dissolves like.

To clean gas deposits, you need something of a similar composition, so another hydrocarbon should dissolve them. The "hotter" the chemical it is, the quicker it will dissolve the unwanted deposit. (in order from lowest "heat" to hottest that is generally available to the public: non-polar chemicals; Mineral Spirits, Naptha, Xylene and Toluene and then there are polar chemicals; alcohols and ketones. The more carbon atoms an alcohol molecule has the slower it evaporates and the longer it will work when exposed to air, in general alcohols and ketones aren’t too useful as they are either too volatile, or too dangerous. Acetone is a decent exception to this, but still evaporates so quickly that it’s not helpful in an open air environment.)

Ammonia is one of the exceptions to this, it’s not a hydrocarbon but due to it’s chemical makeup it still blasts apart proteins and hydrocarbons.

I really need to write up a thread on this sort of stuff