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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