Molecules: You'd better learn to live with them.
Triacetin is the glycerol triester of acetic acid:
Since it's made of glycerol and acetic acid, it's kinda-sorta-almost edible, and the wiki informs me there is talk of feeding it to spacemen. Aside from its toxicity, it has an great liquid range (3-260C), especially for a nonpolar solvent and it makes a decent plasticizer. Puzzlingly (since it's basically food), it's used as an antifungal.
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Prologned ascent asstronaught feeding problems have been solved. Like the NASA space toilet, it requires a certain willing suspension of disbelief. A couple of gallons of toe fungus emollient pimps the ride!
Posted by: Uncle Al | May 8, 2008 11:22 AM