Chemistry journal about ancient biofuel

[Cute Wolf]

We allready see greek fires in M2TW kingdoms, crussaders, anyone had an acess to reliable and comprehensive (preferably free) journal about chemichal structures of greek fire?:dizzy2:

Please post the links here... :2thumbsup:

I just think about it can be used to unlock a potential source of biofuel...

[naut]

A Chemistry thread, cool. :2thumbsup:

Well Greek Fire, whatever it was actually made from wasn't actually what would be labelled a biofuel in the sense that we currently use the word. As far as I'm aware it is either a form of hydrocarbon. Or a compound such as Calcium oxide (quicklime), reacting as follows:

CaO + H2O ↔ Ca(OH)2 + 63.7kJ/mol of CaO

And currently CaO is used for quite a few purposes.

[Cute Wolf]

CaO won't burn in the presence of water, it makes the water boils instead, and it can't be used to burn ships.
To make a sustainable fire on the watery surface, you must got some low-density organic-derived compounds.

CaO was created from heating limestones, and very - very hygroscophic. Expose them to the humid sea air, and they will turn into a Ca(OH)2 lump..:book: