Re: BIG VALVES -Reply

[Jim Griffin <JGriff@pobox.com>]

At 01:36 AM 01/08/97 -0500, you wrote:
>The risk of sodium  is that it reacts violently with water to produce
>hydrogen gas, and the hydrogen gas
>frequently explodes/burns due to the large amount of heat generated by the
>reaction. Sodium itself is a metal
>with a low melting point.
>

            <Important safety tip snipped>

Thanks for the informative post. Much appreciated. Ya' never know... it may
just save a life, limb etc. some day.

                             Jim Griffin
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                               '92 100S
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