Garnet wrote: > you do not add concentrated acid (or DMSO) to water because of the heat > liberated, you add the water to the acid / DMSO.
Please excuse me leaping in here, but it's the other way around! A drop of water added to concentrated acid will rapidly heat up, vaporize and possibly explode. A drop of acid added to water will heat up, but will be rapidly cooled by the volume of water. Paul H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garnet" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:59 AM Subject: Re: CS>poring pouring and things > It was during my research days in an academic setting, no monkey shines, > lol. > > And yep the same thing was said to me. Just do it and do not hesitate. > > "Never add water to good booze." is how my mentor taught me to remember > you do not add concentrated acid (or DMSO) to water because of the heat > liberated, you add the water to the acid / DMSO. > > Garnet > > On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 19:56, john rigby wrote: > > At 03:41 AM 07/05/04 GMT+10, (my time) [email protected] wrote : > > > I learned this pouring strong acids in the lab. This is even true of > > > measuring cups with a lip. > > > > > >Garnet > > END OF QUOTE > > Garnet, you are into so many things - I won't pry ...... but thanks for all > > your input to the list/s > > Actually pouring strong acids was about the hardest thing I learned to do > > in a laboratory in my callow youth as a Dairy Bacteriologist > > ......... like most things in life - hesitancy is BEFORE the decision or > > else! But after hearing how dangerous it was and then to be told "don't > > pussyfoot around with it - do it!" ..... did seem a contradiction at first. > > > > Now, let's see, was it put the acid in first, or the water........? > > Cheers, > > Him. Who did the same pussyfooting thing with his first two batches - > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
