Lime juice versus alum.

Jens Nordlunde · 7th January 2005, 10:04 AM

Thank you for your answer. You write that the result is interesting; in what way do you mean this?
If it gives a weak acid, this means that it is easier to control, but takes longer time than if you use ferric chloride. Have you tried with salpeter?
BTW Francoise Bernier, a Frenchman travelling in India around 1650 writes, that they, in order to keep the water cold when it is hot, put a handful or two of saltpetre in the water. Maybe it cools the water, but I wonder how healthy it is to drink the water.

Regards

Jens

Spunjer · 7th January 2005, 05:13 PM

jens,

when i was going thru basic training in the military, there where rumors going on that we were being administered saltpeter during breakfast. you see, saltpeter is the antithesis of viagra...

Jens Nordlunde · 7th January 2005, 05:45 PM

Hi Spunjer,

Did it help

?

Jens

Spunjer · 7th January 2005, 05:59 PM

i was too traumatized to pay attention, lol

Battara · 8th January 2005, 10:18 PM

No, Jens, I never used saltpeter. What I have done is heat both solution and blade. This seems to speed up the process a little and still makes it quite controllable.

Jens Nordlunde · 8th January 2005, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Battara

No, Jens, I never used saltpeter. What I have done is heat both solution and blade. This seems to speed up the process a little and still makes it quite controllable.

Did I say you did - then I am sorry - I thought it was Spunjer

On SFI Lodewijk warns about salpetre, that it is very fast working.

Regards

Jens

ariel · 9th January 2005, 06:21 AM

There was an urban legend in the military that in the middle of a battle somebody emptied the tea urn on the cannon to cool it; the barrel bent down.....

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7th January 2005, 10:04 AM	#1
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Thank you for your answer. You write that the result is interesting; in what way do you mean this? If it gives a weak acid, this means that it is easier to control, but takes longer time than if you use ferric chloride. Have you tried with salpeter? BTW Francoise Bernier, a Frenchman travelling in India around 1650 writes, that they, in order to keep the water cold when it is hot, put a handful or two of saltpetre in the water. Maybe it cools the water, but I wonder how healthy it is to drink the water. Regards Jens

7th January 2005, 05:13 PM	#2
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	jens, when i was going thru basic training in the military, there where rumors going on that we were being administered saltpeter during breakfast. you see, saltpeter is the antithesis of viagra...

7th January 2005, 05:45 PM	#3
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Hi Spunjer, Did it help ? Jens

7th January 2005, 05:59 PM	#4
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	i was too traumatized to pay attention, lol

8th January 2005, 10:18 PM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,367	No, Jens, I never used saltpeter. What I have done is heat both solution and blade. This seems to speed up the process a little and still makes it quite controllable.

9th January 2005, 06:21 AM	#7
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	There was an urban legend in the military that in the middle of a battle somebody emptied the tea urn on the cannon to cool it; the barrel bent down.....