On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 08:35:04 +0000 (UTC), Brian Reay wrote:

See my response to Roger- that is essentially how some of the Sterno
substitutes are made but with different gelling agents.

Calcium acetate ISTR, a bit in water added to the meths.

If sodium acetate would also work: that's the stuff in those reusable hand
warmers.


Thomas Prufer