Re: ATM Gluing Lexan

[Gerald Pearson & Sue Sarlette <suegerry@muscanet.com>]

Adam Rosenberg wrote:
> 
> Thats an interesting question.  When I worked for a glass contractor
> we used methyl chloride however some of what I've used more recently
> has been labeled methylene dichloride. 

Yes, that's what's commonly called methylene chloride, and NOT
chloroform (which is what the term "methyl chloride" actually means to
any professional chemist).  I saw the name "methyl chloride" while I was
taking introductory organic chemistry in 1957, but didn't hear or see it
again I saw it posted here.

Does this "methylene dichloride" smell exactly the same as the "methyl
chloride" you've used in the past?  If so, then what you know as "methyl
chloride" is actually methylene chloride -- CH2Cl2 -- a 5-atom molecule
with two carbon atoms and two hydrogen atoms all directly bonded to a
central carbon atom.

        -- Gerry