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this might not be the right place but i had to skim some wiki articles that had a lot of organic chemistry in them so that's why i chose it.
i want to make hand sanitizer. ideally lots of it, cheaply and simply.
this of course led me to research how isopropanol is made (by steam cracking light hydrocarbons at low temperatures to produce propylene which then undergoes indirect or direct hydration). any details (or directions for where to find them) someone could give me on either of these two processes would be appreciated.
then the isopropanol should be combined with a thickener (some sort of gel). what i can't figure out is what gel actually is because all the sites I've seen are how-tos for making some sort of particular gel (eg hair gel). one site suggested grinding up vitamin c tablet using a mortar and pestle and that makes sense to me; that it's just lots of fine particulate matter suspended in some solution. am i correct?
i don't expect anyone to devise an industrial process for me but i would like some hints for finding out the particulars of such an industrial process.
i want to make hand sanitizer. ideally lots of it, cheaply and simply.
this of course led me to research how isopropanol is made (by steam cracking light hydrocarbons at low temperatures to produce propylene which then undergoes indirect or direct hydration). any details (or directions for where to find them) someone could give me on either of these two processes would be appreciated.
then the isopropanol should be combined with a thickener (some sort of gel). what i can't figure out is what gel actually is because all the sites I've seen are how-tos for making some sort of particular gel (eg hair gel). one site suggested grinding up vitamin c tablet using a mortar and pestle and that makes sense to me; that it's just lots of fine particulate matter suspended in some solution. am i correct?
i don't expect anyone to devise an industrial process for me but i would like some hints for finding out the particulars of such an industrial process.