I wouldn't put NAOH or KOH flakes in my hands, is that what you do? --- Ken Provost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mine comes as "flakes" -- thin plates about 1mm thick, irregularly > shaped from 4 - 15 mm across. They can be snapped into smaller > bits in your fingers, but grinding them would make a lot of very > nasty dust. It is very hygroscopic, even worse than NaOH, and it > can't be dried in the oven (it justs "melts" into solution). But you're > correct that even in large flakes it dissolves more readily in methanol > than NaOH does, and with greater exotherm. > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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