Robin.
Re: Microwaving Wet Bricks.
Bricks are a cheap and handy source for Molecular Sieves
or Ion Exchange, Zeolites.
You can break them with a hammer, or you can use your head.......
to find something else to use..
The pore volume can run from 12% to 22%. and the pore
size can vary from a few angstroms up, and they can be doped
with Potassium Cations simply by soaking them in Red Devil Potassium
Lye.
The tests I did on microwaving them dry and wet several
years ago strongly suggests that something out of
the ordinary was going on.
The trapped Air/Argon in them may be a factor that wasn't
considered at the time.
My residence has a red brick veneer with thousands of them
but, I'm reluctant about dislodging one of them to make my point. :-)
Fred
