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Re: Whats the sodium for?

To: quattro group <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Subject: Re: Whats the sodium for?
From: Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 21:28:27 -0400
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> Sodium requires special handling in any form.  It reacts with the
> moisture in the air releasing a considerable amount of heat.  A common
> High School chemistry demonstration is to place a small chip of metallic
> sodium in water.  The chip reacts with the water releasing hydrogen and
> oxygen and enough heat to ignite the hydrogen.

Yeah, that's what I meant...

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.thebook.com/human-speakers/audi-main.htm

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- RE: Whats the sodium for?
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- Re: Whats the sodium for?
  - From: Jerry Croucher <croucher@mail.eos.net>

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