[TheForge] Removing Zinc and Cadium

[Peter Hirst]

Galvanized on the inside?

;-]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GRAF" <adveniam at att.net>
To: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>; "Sponsored by ABANA" 
<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Removing Zinc and Cadium


> In the amounts and concentrations we would generate no problem.
> They still make and use Galvanized iron water pipe and you drink that!.
>
> Mike Graf
>
> terry l. ridder wrote:
>> hello;
>>
>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Mitch Quade wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> A real easy way to remove Cadium and may
>>> be zinc is to put the screws in vinegar
>>> for several hours.
>>>
>>
>> yes, this does work. however, the cadmium and zinc
>> are now in solution with the vinegar. this is now
>> a liquid hazardous waste to dispose of.
>>
>> the removal of cadmium and/or zinc by electrolysis
>> would keep most of the cadmium and/or zinc as solids.
>>
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