[steve in DC]

McNaab stated that his employees were required to clean the equipment with the Zep coumpound which is 90% hexane. The man should have his ass whipped and thrown in jail for that.

The stuff just doesn't sound that bad to me. Why do you dislike it so?

I suspect it is on that secret list that the EPA has; the NCTWDL list. (Nasty Chemicals That We Don't Like)

http://www.eco-usa.net/toxics/hexane.shtml

[Ben Ficklin]

Flamibility-volitility.

Rather than confuse you with terms like flash point and vapor pressure let me try to put in a perspective that is more easily understood.

Hexane is a member of a class known as aliphatic hydrocarbons. It is named for the number of carbon atoms which is 6. The first 5 members of the family are gasses. Methane with 1 carbon, ethane with 2, propane with 3, butane with 4, pentane with 5. Hexane with 6 is a quasi liquid-gas. Octane(gasoline) has 8.

Hexane doesn't burn, it explodes.

Lets just ignore the exposure limits.