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Cleaning Gunk Out Of Overflow Tank
"BigJohnson" > wrote in message
> CLR and most other similar type cleaners, used to clean away lime > film, contains the same basic chemicals as Muriatic Acid. A > mixture of Hydrochloric Acid and Baume, but in a much more > diluted form.. Muriatic Acid is much less expensive, only around > $3 a gallon. > Just for reference, Baume is just a density scale used to report the strength of some chemicals like hydrochloric acid. Muriatic is just a common name for hydrochloric. Phosphoric acid, as you would find in Naval Jelly, is less corrosive than hydrochloric and might have been a good choice. It is slower to work too. -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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"Larry Smith" > writes:
> "BigJohnson" > wrote in message > > > > CLR and most other similar type cleaners, used to clean away lime > > film, contains the same basic chemicals as Muriatic Acid. A > > mixture of Hydrochloric Acid and Baume, but in a much more > > diluted form.. Muriatic Acid is much less expensive, only around > > $3 a gallon. > > > Just for reference, Baume is just a density scale used to report the > strength of some chemicals like hydrochloric acid. Muriatic is > just a common name for hydrochloric. Dilute hydrochloric, that is. Obviously you don't want to use any high concentration for general cleaning . I think "muriatic" implies a certain (low) concentration. -- -Stephen H. Westin Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors. |
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