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Re: Streamer colour



Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>




It would be H2SO4 --- sulfuric acid. Water vapor present would combine with the S when the SF6 brokedown. Unlike each part is atomically bombarded (like in an accelerator chamber, ie baked out) water vapor is always present when the metal heats up.

Dr. Resonance

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> At Wendover, it was a SF6 gap but it formed acids that attacked the
> construction materials.  Nitrate problems with H2O formed HNO3 ---
> nitric
> acid.
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> Dr. Resonance"
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> Just curious.  How could H2O or HNO3 form in an atmosphere of pure
> SF6????
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> Ed
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