Correct me if I'm wrong, but NaOH ( or most xOH ) are unstable in air and become carbonates rather quickly, in fact NaOH is used to remove CO2 from the air efficiently in a Cornell developed apple storage system.
Hoyt Stearns Scottsdale, Arizona US -- And why? The most dangerous thing about the experiments I'm designing is etching the plastic in hot concentrated (6.5 normal recommended by the Galileo project) sodium hydroxide. After that, it would be the possibility of accumulation of an explosive mixture of deuterium and oxygen, which isn't likely in these open cells.
