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Re: Drying tranny oil
Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>
In a message dated 4/4/02 9:45:53 AM Central Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:
> metallic sodium can be used to adsorb or react out the water.
>
Whoa there,
Metallic sodium will react with water to produce heat and light , AKA, an
explosion.
Been there, it's fun like a Tesla coil but sodium in water liberates the
hydrogen
to produce sodium hydroxide. The free hydrogen usually explodes to splatter
everything everywhere, like the eyes. IMHO, don't do it.
2Na + 2H2O > 2NaOH + H2 + a dangerous mess
Happy day,
Ralph Zekelman