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<whitequark>
DocScrutinizer05: oh huh plasticizer leaking from rubber!
<DocScrutinizer05>
I doubt this stuff seen any rubber ever
<DocScrutinizer05>
feels like extremely softened PVC
<DocScrutinizer05>
I wondered if it might be PE, but I doubt it
<DocScrutinizer05>
the surface feels like Glycol, thinking of PEG, though that's most likely total nonsense
<DocScrutinizer05>
I wonder if PEG works as a softener for PE
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<DocScrutinizer05>
heck!
<DocScrutinizer05>
the surface feels like Glycol, thinking of PEG, though that's most likely total nonsense. I wonder if PEG works as a softener for PE. and if PEG would do that sort of damage to Rigols and plastic boxes
<whitequark>
not PE
<whitequark>
PEG does not attack PE
<whitequark>
very few things do, mostly aromatics and even then
<whitequark>
PEG would not attack the ABS rigol case
<whitequark>
or the PP (I think?) plastic box
<whitequark>
it's almost certainly some kind of phtalate
<whitequark>
>It is a clear substance that is liquid at room temperature and is only slightly denser than liquid water. It has a faint, disagreeable odor and can be transferred from the plastics that contain it.