"How to REALLY beat a dead horse" :) Further proof of the electrically corrosive nature of ethanol. I was interested to know what exactly was the electrical conductivity of ethanol. Through some research, this is what I found. *Electrical Conductivity measured in pS/m (Pico Siemens per meter)* Ethanol = < 500 E 6 pS/m (or less than 500,000,000 Pico Siemens per meter). Translation to Ohms. (1 divided by 500,000,000 = .000000002) X 1000000000000 = 2,000 Ohms. Ethanol has an electrical conductivity of less than 2,000 Ohms per meter. Gasoline = 25 pS/m (or 25 Pico Siemens per meter). Translation to Ohms. (1 divided by 25 = .04) X 1000000000000 = 40,000,000,000 Ohms per meter. Gasoline has an electrical conductivity of 40,000,000,000 Ohms per meter. So if you were to submerge a negative and positive charged electrode in ethanol at a distance of one meter apart the rate of corrosion between the poles would be 20 million times greater than if they were submerged in gasoline alone.
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