That's what the two diplomas up on the wall in front of me in my office say at least...summer school's been wearing me down...i get home and have to take a nap before I go to bed....only eight more days to go...
Mark Delaney On 7/5/05, Desert Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark Delaney Wrote; > As previously stated UV light will speed up the degradation process > for nylon. So storage in the dark in the dark under ambient > temperature will definitely slow the degradation. Why cool? because > for every 10 degrees C (18 degrees F) the rate of chemical processes > approximately doubles. Fluorocarbon doesn't degrade hardly at all > (but I don't use it, merely because I've go lots of mono). Out of the > comon polymers, polypropylene is probably the most senstive to UV > light. Polyethylene is much less sensitive to UV light and so is what > is used to make Spectra (they use ultrahigh molecular wieght > polyethylene, most of which is made within 5 miles of me) , for > superbraid type lines, other than Kevlar based ones. Really old nylon > monofilament will feel like it has a light powder coating on the > surface. If it feels like that, it is time to chunk it. > > Mark Delaney > > Hay, what are you, A Chemist???? 8^) > Love you my friend.. > Jimi > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: 7/4/05 > > -- "So much water, so little time!" http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html
