While we're on Acrylamide....

[Peter]

In article <6q0r1j$32e$1 at nnrp1.dejanews.com>, weazel at blarg.net wrote:

> Any of you chemistry-saavy types know what sort of nastiness one is exposedt
> to from BURNING acrylamide? Say....when your gel box arcs and catches on
> fire? Not that this has ever happened to me, of course (heh heh!)
> 

An arc would not be sufficent to cause the acryilamide to burn because
Arylamide is not flamable by nature.  But if you placed the gel in a bomb
calorimeter and ignited it, you would find CO, CO2, and CN.  


Peter

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