You guys are so right, lol, I am not sure where my head was late last night but it was not screwed on right that is for sure. I was NOT drinking, no I wasn't. <smile> Just hallucinating!
Garnet On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 04:33, Paul Holloway wrote: > 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]> >
