[Taxacom] Palcohol?

[JF Mate]

If you search in Wikipedia you will get the whole story (this stuff has
been around for several decades). Basically, microencapsulated ethanol mix.
By the sounds of it, the amount of alcohol would be insufficient to reach
the desired concentration.
You could try trioxane. It is pricy (sort off) in Europe but the US army
still uses it for their ration-heating tablets. Essentially polymerised
formaldehyde but more stable than paraformaldehyde. With one block, some
local distilled tipple and vinegar you are half way there to Pample's
fluid. Alternatively there are glycols or glycerine (I don't think they are
deemed a fire hazard). 1:1 mixes work well for beetles but Bob says they
are no good for preserving myriapods.

Best

Jason
On 22/04/2014 6:15 AM, "Neal Evenhuis" <neale at bishopmuseum.org> wrote:

> Seem legit. But there might problems getting it on shelves for sale
> (liability insurance $$ being just one). See here:
>
> http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/alcohol-beverages-generally/powdered-alcohol
>
> California already has regulations in place for powdered distilled
> beverages.
>
> -Neal
>
> On Stardate 4/21/14 9:56 AM, "Michael A. Ivie" <mivie at montana.edu> wrote:
>
> >OK, something that might not be as interesting as debates about lizard
> >descriptions, broken legs on misidentified specimens or
> >painbiogeography, but could be important to those flying to collecting
> >sites. Does anyone know anything about the newly FDA approved power
> >"Palcohol?"  It can be mixed with water to obtain ethanol.  I strongly
> >suspect this was an April Fool's joke, but cannot debunk it. The
> >Guardian ran a story, so I am tending to believe it may be true?
> >
> >This could be a great thing is formulated specifically for scientific
> >collecting?  Someone out there must be out front on this?
> >
> >  http://www.palcohol.com/home.html
> >
> >Mike
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