Re: Mineral Oil Source - drying wet oil

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Mineral Oil Source - drying wet oil
• From: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:34:42 -0600
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

For more excitement, you could also dry the oil by using metallic
sodium. It will react with the water forming Hydrogen and Sodium
hydroxide. Enjoy.....

Tesla List wrote ( a very boring technique...)
> 
> Original Poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov>
> 
> Temperatures that high would degrade the oil. I'd use a temperature more
> like 100C and pull a vacuum on it to dry it.  Or, and this is probably
> easier, get some silica gel or other dessicant and mix it in with the oil.
> Then strain/filter the silica gel out. Either way, it is going to take more
> than a few minutes to remove the few ppm of water.
>

• Prev: Big Neon Transformer
• Next: More MMC Thoughts
• Index(es):
  • Main
  • Thread