[meteorite-list] I am conducting an experiment...

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi, Tracy,

    After a few minutes digging around under
my kitchen sink and dragging out decades worth
of drain cleaners, I find that plain old "Liquid Draino"
contains Sodium HypoCHLORite," which means
that Chlorine atoms are also present in your solution.
    I must admit to being puzzled as to why you have
no access to "Lewis Red Devil Lye Drain Opener,"
which I buy off the supermarket shelf, down one or
two shelves from the Draino and other more user-
friendly products.
    Of course, I live in a backward part of the country
where, one shelf down from the Red Devil Lye, I can
buy "Liquid Fire," which is Hydrochloric Acid. I used
it in a very stubborn drain once and it really solved
the problem... No more drain! Liquid Fire ate it away
completely, steel pipes and all!

Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tracy latimer" <daistiho at hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 3:43 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] I am conducting an experiment...


> Having no access to Red Devil lye, I read the list of ingredients on 
> Liquid Drano.  It seems to be primarily lye-based, with waterglass and a 
> few other elements, so I am trying an experiment on my poor rusty 
> Fredericksburg.  Liquid Drano + denatured (anhydrous) alcohol, a shot of 
> each in a glass jar. The expected exothermic reaction did occur (it warmed 
> up), so I took it as a good sign.  I will report back if the rust starts 
> to dissolve, without mayhem to the meteorite.
>
> Tracy Latimer
>
>
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