VANAGON archives -- May 2004, week 1 (#2)

Date:         Sat, 1 May 2004 16:05:50 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: for the record water is not corrosive
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>Waht exaclty are you saying? It is or it isnt?
>
>FYI high output radio stations use pure water to cool the
>transmitting tubes. These tubes dont fail due to corrosion.
>
>
>
>Chris DeLong
>Fine Tuning
>206.427.4777
>www.finetuningperformance.com
>Seattle, WA USA

Depends on what the tubes are made from. Silica glasses are soluble
in "ordinary" (impure) water; I'm not sure about pure water in this
case.

Many compounds are quite soluble in acidic water (rainwater is very
dilute carbonic acid), including silica, OVER TIME.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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