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Re: Chemistry refresher course

2002-12-05 by Jeff Randall

Use the regular household ammonia *NOT* the sudsy kind.

You must have spent too many years in a darkroom breathing hypo to 
even think about mixing 100% ammonia :)

Jeff Randall

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "K2 Chittin" <k2lists@h...> 
wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Jeff Randall" 
> <jrandall@c...> wrote:
> > The houshold ammonia is already a dilute solution of ammonia and 
> > water so no big deal.  I however add the ammonia solution to the 
> > water.  1 part household ammonia to 9 parts water.  
> 
> Thanks for that enlightening info Jeff.  I thought it was a case of 
> 1:9 pure ammonia (you know, the highly dangerous stuff with all 
those 
> warnings on it) to water, not household ammonia.  Now I won't have 
to 
> go outside to mix. :)
> 
> K2

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