[TheForge] acid

[Steven Smith]

But the stuff that goes boom is the fun part...

Steve

Daniel Kretchmar wrote:
> Greetings,
>          I have just aquired some acid.  I am a science teacher and 
> the OSHA liason for my Middle School.  Our school just required that 
> any chemical that has not been used in a classroom within the last three
> years be disposed of via a Hazardous Waste Disposal Company.  I pretty 
> much emptied the cabinets, but there were several unopened bottles 
> that just looked too useful so I took them home.  I have now have:
> 1 gallon of regent grade Sulfuric Acid
> 1 liter of Nitric acid
> 3 liters of distilled Acetic Acid,
> 1 gallon of crystaline of Potassium Chlorate=20
> 1 gallon of crystaline NaOH  (lye)
> 1 pint of crystaline Ferric Chloride
>
> Can any suggest a use for these that doesn't go "BOOM"?  I learned 
> alot  of those in chemistry class. :)
>
> I know about safe handling of these chemicals thanks to OHSA training.
>
> I have used Nitric Acid for etching in the past and Potassium Chlorate 
> is great for homemade fire works.  The lye I can use for leather 
> tanning and the Ferric Chloride for dipping my pattern welding 
> into.......
>
> Can anyone recommend a use for the the others or different uses than 
> the ones I already mentioned?
>
>
> Dan Kretchmar
> www.irontreeworks.com
>
>
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