Hi all! Ed beat me to the silicosis problem. You can buy liquid glass at most any pharmacy in the States. coating metorites with liquid glass may be the same as putting them in a wet plastic bag. the chemicals needed to make it liquid are highly corrosive. If you follow careful directions you can use it to seal leaks in engine blocks, radiators and heater cores and it has many other uses, but I doubt meterorite preservation is one of them. It holds water which causes bacteria and other micro organisms to explode. holding water on a meteorite only causes rust. so as the liquid glass disolves and recrystalzes under the rust you end up with something like Lawrencite disease. with the only way to remove the liquid glass by perchloric acid. I may be wrong on this one it may actually work but if they recomend flushing your radiator after the leak is sealed to prevent it from locking everything up from rust. I dont think it will work to preserve meteorites.
cheers Steve --- On Thu, 2/11/10, Ed Deckert <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ed Deckert <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Glass-coated Campos? > To: "Matson, Robert D." <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 3:15 AM > Sounds like an interesting > product. But the article indicates the silicon dioxide > coating is "breathable," which makes me wonder how effective > it would be in moist climates. > > They claim that seeds coated with "Liquid Glass" germinated > faster than seeds that were not coated. For seeds to > germinate, I have always understood that moisture (water) > was required. If moisture can penetrate the coating to > germinate seeds, I would think that moisture could get > through to the meteorite as well. > > But then, I suppose it could provide additional protection > if applied after properly treating the meteorite with Bill > Mason's products. > > Hopefully this becomes available soon and can be > tested. I would caution anyone using it to exercise > care not to breathe in the vapors. You would need to > wear an appropriate respirator mask, and have adequate > ventilation. Breathing silicon dioxide dust causes a > condition called "silicosis of the lung." It is > cumulative and incurable, ultimately leading to death - > except I suppose if a lung transplant might be a > possibility. I know of this condition very well as a > friend's husband died from silicosis. > > Ed > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matson, Robert D." > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:24 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Glass-coated Campos? > > > > Possible product to try on meteorites in conjunction > with "Rusty" > > Mason's > > meteorite preservation technique? > > > > http://pda.physorg.com/_news184310039.html > > > > --Rob > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) > > Database version: 6.14320 > > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) > Database version: 6.14330 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
