On Tuesday 13 November 2007 19:57, MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > Paul Hill wrote: > > My father used to own a small foundry. He had tubs of sodium stored > > in some kind of oil. I think sodium is added to molten aluminium to > > change its properties. Great stuff to play around with as a kid! > > I too recall that from middle school days...indeed cool!
Hi Michael! I remember the high school chemistry (Catholic) nun with the block of sodium. She cut it a little with a knife and it looked like metal where it had been cut. She said the outside of it was oxidized. I don't remember her saying it would react violently with water - perhaps she did, or maybe she would rather we didn't know that! -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
