Fire starters
AssigneeK-V Pharmaceutical Company
InventorsHans C. Beinke, Robert C. Cuca
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Abstract
A first starter which is an oil-in-water emulsion whose internal phase is 70% of the emulsion. The emulsion has superior ignitability characteristics due to the use of an emulsifier which is a C.sub.12 -C.sub.20 commercial blend of fatty alcohols that have been ethoxylated and propoxylated.
Claims7
An emulsion that acts as a fire starter which has a lipoidal internal phase comprising at least 70% of the emulsion and a nonlipoidal external phase the improvement which comprises emulsifing said internal and external phases with an emulsifier which is an ethoxylated and propoxylated C.sub.12 -C.sub.20 blend of fatty alcohols wherein the mole ratio of ethylene oxide to propylene oxide is between 2-1/2:1 and 3-1/2:1.
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