Why does Dettol turn cloudy?

[paddy]

I don't know if we have any chemists here, but I do know we have a lot of know-it-alls. So here is my question: Why does Detol turn cloudy when you add it to water?

[wbks]

I don't know if we have any chemists here, but I do know we have a lot of know-it-alls. So here is my question: Why does Detol turn cloudy when you add it to water?The magnesium permanganate forms a cohesive bond with the valance shell of the fluride thiosulfate once heated by the water, creating the cloudy substance you see in front of you. Some say it alters the magnetic field of highly powered electrical devices when made in large quantities

[Laxi]

you been smokin somint? start pondering all the important things in life? :lol:

[yungatart]

It just does!
Why do ya have to go around questioning everything?

[P38]

Because it contains phenols and/or some phenolic compounds .

Actually any disinfectant that contains phenols and/or some phenolic compounds will turn cloudy when mixed with water.

And Yes you guessed it.........

I'm not a "Chemist" so that only leaves one other choice :whistle: :msn-wink: :niceone:

[P38]

The magnesium permanganate forms a cohesive bond with the valance shell of the fluride thiosulfate once heated by the water, creating the cloudy substance you see in front of you. Some say it alters the magnetic field of highly powered electrical devices when made in large quantities

Close!!!!

But no Cigar this time.

[wbks]

Close!!!!

But no Cigar this time.I missed the sodium bicarbonate, right?

[AllanB]

It's the Sea Monkeys being activated - they are the active ingredient that actually does the cleaning.

[P38]

I missed the sodium bicarbonate, right?

Yep ....... :yes::msn-wink:

[Ixion]

Chloro-dimethyl phenol specifically. AKA chloroxylenol. Also called Lysol in the USA.

The active ingredient has a low solubility in water.

In the bottle it is kept dissolved in pine oil and isopropanol. When added to excess of water the insoluble DMP drops out of solution , causing the white appearance.

I is (was, anyway) a chemist

[paddy]

Chloro-dimethyl phenol specifically. AKA chloroxylenol. Also called Lysol in the USA.

The active ingredient has a low solubility in water.

In the bottle it is kept dissolved in pine oil and isopropanol. When added to excess of water the insoluble DMP drops out of solution , causing the white appearance.

I is (was, anyway) a chemist

Thanks Ixion, that makes perfect sense. Now I can sleep at night. :-)

[wbks]

Chloro-dimethyl phenol specifically. AKA chloroxylenol. Also called Lysol in the USA.

The active ingredient has a low solubility in water.

In the bottle it is kept dissolved in pine oil and isopropanol. When added to excess of water the insoluble DMP drops out of solution , causing the white appearance.

I is (was, anyway) a chemistPaddy, take it from me, this guy doesn't know what he's talking about... Some people are only in it for the image!

:banana:

[paddy]

Paddy, take it from me, this guy doesn't know what he's talking about... Some people are only in it for the image!

:banana:

LoL. I'll get out my magnets and my Detol now.

[Skyryder]

I don't know if we have any chemists here, but I do know we have a lot of know-it-alls. So here is my question: Why does Detol turn cloudy when you add it to water?

Climate warming.:Oops:



Skyryder

[martybabe]

I don't know if we have any chemists here, but I do know we have a lot of know-it-alls. So here is my question: Why does Detol turn cloudy when you add it to water?

Sounds like it's off to me mate, don't drink it get a fresh bottle eh. :drinkup:

[P38]

Take One Know All, Add One Chemist = Mystery Solved.

All is good in the world again. :apint:

[caseye]

Paddy, take it from me, this guy doesn't know what he's talking about... Some people are only in it for the image!

:banana:

LOL, nice work there wbks:

[Pussy]

So it's an emulsifiable concentrate just like butyl ester 2,4-D ?

[Skyryder]

So it's an emulsifiable concentrate just like butyl ester 2,4-D ?

And here's me thinking all these years it's the water that turns cloudy.:angry2:


Skyryder

[MisterD]

Chloro-dimethyl phenol specifically. AKA chloroxylenol. Also called Lysol in the USA.

The active ingredient has a low solubility in water.

In the bottle it is kept dissolved in pine oil and isopropanol. When added to excess of water the insoluble DMP drops out of solution , causing the white appearance.

I is (was, anyway) a chemist

So...does this mean I should be drinking Dettol or cleaning the floors with Ouzo?

[Crisis management]

So...does this mean I should be drinking Dettol or cleaning the floors with Ouzo?

Just stop mixing them with water and you'll be fine.

[LBD]

Sounds like it's off to me mate, don't drink it get a fresh bottle eh. :drinkup:

A good scotch can go cloudy with a wee bit o water added....as does engine oil...

[Ixion]

So it's an emulsifiable concentrate just like butyl ester 2,4-D ?


Not quite. It has no oxygen atom. Esters have a O=R linkage. Dettol has Cl-R. (and a couple of methyl groups )

Very similar though, a substituted aromatic. Esters usually smell sweet and nice (many perfumes and fragramnces are based on esters). Dettol doesn't exactly smell nice.

Definaetly emulsified, certainly. There must be a bit of natural soap of similar in the formula.

[Tone165]

The active ingredient of "Dettol" is alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride, which is a miscible compound, or in laymans terms, a water soluble oil.

It is VERY poisonous to many animals, and should never be used on cats, or anything that a dog might chew.

On a good note...here in Qld we use it to kill Cane toads...it stops them in their tracks! and not as messy as the traditional "golf" method.

[P38]

A good scotch can go cloudy with a wee bit o water added....as does engine oil...

You shouldn't be polluting the whisky with water. :yes:

[LBD]

You shouldn't be polluting the whisky with water. :yes:

Wrong...a wee drop releases flavours and odors...

Actually the world is pretty evenly split on the subject...

[ManDownUnder]

Oh God do I have to explain everything to you clowns?

The water reacts with Dettol to form "wafty stuff" which doesn't let the light through so well. Wafty stuff is really agressive stuff too which is why it kills bugs. That also explains why it wafts out to the sides of the bowl, because it's looking for new things to conquor or have a perv out of the side of the bowl.

It's like Sodium Hydroxide mixing with Lithium to form "boomy stuff". Similar except it's airborn and a tad more agressive.

I loved 3rd form chemistry. I took notes so I'm told.

[LBD]

agressive stuff too which is why it kills bugs. I loved 3rd form chemistry. I took notes so I'm told.

Scotch kills bugs too.....

[Brian d marge]

Whats this water shyte u fellas keep referring to?

Stephen

[Juzz976]

I don't know if we have any chemists here, but I do know we have a lot of know-it-alls. So here is my question: Why does Detol turn cloudy when you add it to water?

For the same reason water turns cloudy when when you add it to detol, duhh!

[Juzz976]

Whats this water shyte u fellas keep referring to?

Stephen

H2O its some sort of polar solvent widely used for just about everything.

[Juzz976]

Very similar though, a substituted aromatic. Esters usually smell sweet and nice (many perfumes and fragramnces are based on esters). Dettol doesn't exactly smell nice.
.

If you would add common manufactured esters are sweet smelling and usually an ester is desernable by smell not notifiably a sweet one. Then yeh I guess one could make an assumption that there is a possibility of similarity.

[LBD]

And 50/50 dettol and olive or baby oil is a good sand fly repellant

[paddy]

. . .Dettol doesn't exactly smell nice

What do you mean? I've always loved the smell of Detol. Besides, after soaking overnight, my beach sandals smell like Detol which is much nicer than what they smelt like before. :-)

[peasea]

I don't know if we have any chemists here, but I do know we have a lot of know-it-alls. So here is my question: Why does Detol turn cloudy when you add it to water?

The two compounds are at odds with each other. When the Dettol is added to the water all the protons and neutrons start arguing, creating friction, and smoke is released. It's the smoke that you can see. All smoke bombs contain Dettol and water.

[Pixie]

ALL BULLSHIT!

It's the ghosts of all the billions of bacteria,of which Detol kills 99%,putting on their white sheets with the eyeholes,that make the water go cloudy.

[Ronin]

ALL BULLSHIT!

It's the ghosts of all the billions of bacteria,of which Detol kills 99%,putting on their white shhets with the eyeholes,that make the water go cloudy.

best.answer.yet.

[Skyryder]

Wrong...a wee drop releases flavours and odors...

Actually the world is pretty evenly split on the subject...

Yep even some of the connoisseurs advocate a little water.


But the 'tasters' never do. I'm with these guys. Why add water when those that 'tast' for quality don't.


Skyryder

[peasea]

ALL BULLSHIT!

It's the ghosts of all the billions of bacteria,of which Detol kills 99%,putting on their white shhets with the eyeholes,that make the water go cloudy.

White sheets with eyeholes? Are they KKK members?

[LBD]

Yep even some of the connoisseurs advocate a little water.


But the 'tasters' never do. I'm with these guys. Why add water when those that 'tast' for quality don't.


Skyryder

Call me a wouse if you like, but I don't taste for quality, I taste to enjoy...And almost finished my 18yo Banahabbein...ready to start a McKillops choice from another Isaly distillery...

Tastes and smells nothing like Dettol either

[george formby]

The active ingredient of "Dettol" is alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride, which is a miscible compound, or in laymans terms, a water soluble oil.

It is VERY poisonous to many animals, and should never be used on cats, or anything that a dog might chew.

On a good note...here in Qld we use it to kill Cane toads...it stops them in their tracks! and not as messy as the traditional "golf" method.

You serious? I put dettol in the water when i rinse the dog off, kills the fleas, either that or the fleas flee.:eek5:

[tri boy]

I had sex with an unclean octopus once, (okay then, three times).
The Doc said "dip it in Dettol". The octopus didn't survive the dipping.:crybaby:

[Pixie]

White sheets with eyeholes? Are they KKK members?

Ghosts wear sheets.Haven't you ever read a comic or seen a cartoon?

[Skyryder]

Call me a wouse if you like, but I don't taste for quality, I taste to enjoy...And almost finished my 18yo Banahabbein...ready to start a McKillops choice from another Isaly distillery...

Tastes and smells nothing like Dettol either



Quality and tast are the same when it comes to single malts. That's where the 'enjoyment' comes from. Nope ya not a wouse no whiskey drinker is a wouse.

Some are known by other names but they usually drink the blends.:argh:


Skyryder

[Pussy]

Very similar though, a substituted aromatic. Esters usually smell sweet and nice (many perfumes and fragramnces are based on esters). Dettol doesn't exactly smell nice.



Butyl ester 2,4-D doesn't smell nice!
Whenever I have sprayed prickles with it, I have tended to "wear" the aroma of it for some time afterwards. Even my cats don't want to know me!

[P38]

Yep even some of the connoisseurs advocate a little water.


But the 'tasters' never do. I'm with these guys. Why add water when those that 'tast' for quality don't.


Skyryder

I'm with you on this one.

Water just gets in the way of the total experiance.

[peasea]

Ghosts wear white sheets.Haven't you ever read a comic or seen a cartoon?

Yes, yes, yes, that's one option.

[Pixie]

H2O its some sort of polar solvent widely used for just about everything.

That'll be way the ice caps are melting,then?

[tri boy]

I feel sorry for the Elephants

[inlinefour]

I don't know if we have any chemists here, but I do know we have a lot of know-it-alls. So here is my question: Why does Detol turn cloudy when you add it to water?

Because it wants too, do you have a problem with that?:buggerd: