Okay, up until now I've been using glycerin+ deionized water as fog juice. I've been told it's okay by some people and I've been told commercial fluids use it too.
But lately someone on the internet has made me very skeptical that I might be producing and breathing the highly toxic chemical acrolein.
Here's his argument:
1) Glycerin produces acrolein at 280C and heaters in fog machines operate at 400C.
2) Glycerin doesn't need a catalyst or high pressure to decompose into acrolein at 280C
3) Even though the glycerin passes the fogger really fast and doesn't stay long enough to heat to 280C anjd turn to acrolein, some fluid is left in the chamber which is cooked by the heater and creates acrolein.
4) The generated acrolein is very little for our noses or eyes to notice, but even at those levels it is very toxic.
5) Glycols decompose into toxic chemicals, even though less hazardous than acrolein, but commercial fluids have "other chemicals" added which increase the cracking temperature, or further react with the generated harmful chemicals like acrolein to produce less harmful chemicals.
What do you guys think? Have some of us been destroying our health by using glycerin in a fogger?? D:
Or is there some wrong info or logic in his argument?
I sure hope so, I've been using glycerin for quite some time...
But lately someone on the internet has made me very skeptical that I might be producing and breathing the highly toxic chemical acrolein.
Here's his argument:
1) Glycerin produces acrolein at 280C and heaters in fog machines operate at 400C.
2) Glycerin doesn't need a catalyst or high pressure to decompose into acrolein at 280C
3) Even though the glycerin passes the fogger really fast and doesn't stay long enough to heat to 280C anjd turn to acrolein, some fluid is left in the chamber which is cooked by the heater and creates acrolein.
4) The generated acrolein is very little for our noses or eyes to notice, but even at those levels it is very toxic.
5) Glycols decompose into toxic chemicals, even though less hazardous than acrolein, but commercial fluids have "other chemicals" added which increase the cracking temperature, or further react with the generated harmful chemicals like acrolein to produce less harmful chemicals.
What do you guys think? Have some of us been destroying our health by using glycerin in a fogger?? D:
Or is there some wrong info or logic in his argument?
I sure hope so, I've been using glycerin for quite some time...
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