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Default Diesel Fuel Decontamination Units Give Stored Fuel Longer Life.

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:56:36 +0000, Scott Downey wrote:

Strontium-90 (90Sr) has a half-life of 28 years. It is a product of nuclear
fallout and presents a major health problem. Perhaps they are irradiating
the fuel, killing and blasting apart the microorganisms.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:56:58 -0800, "John T. Nightingale"
wrote:

Diesel powered equipment, plagued with breakdowns caused by contaminated

and
aged fuel, now have an option other than continually changing filters

after
the problem arrives. Developed by Dieselcraft Fluid Engineering of

Auburn,
California has a line of Strontium Ferrite "Fuel Stabilizers" that will
decontaminate and stabilize the diesel fuel without the use of chemical
additives.


Now here is where I get lost. The process of adding anything to a
liquid, gas or solid to change its composition is chemistry in one
sense or another - thus is a chemical additive.

Oh well...

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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"Fisherman are born honest, but they get
over it." - Ed Zern



Not a good idea.


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