Non-Chemical Has anyone seen this or know what this really is?

[mikeinkaty]

Just saw this.

You know if you had a 1/2" glass spiral tube coming up through that gallon jug and filled the jug with ice water, I bet 99% of the fumes would condense out in the tube and drip back into the bottom bucket as Nitric Acid or whatever. Even if it worked no way would I want it inside!

You could put a drain spigot on the jug if you needed to recharge it with ice water. You could also put a small beaker over the top of the tube with the top of the beaker below water level in case any noxious stuff made it that far up the tube. Oh yeah. the whole thing would be weather proof!

Will Nitric Acid react with those orange 5 gallon buckets sold at Home Depot?

Would a Stainless Steel tube work?

Just a thought.

Mike

 

[Auful]

I just hate it when the neighbors blame me for their kids' "Bronchitius" (whatever that is.....) LOL

 

[Jimmy]

Just saw this.

You know if you had a 1/2" glass spiral tube coming up through that gallon jug and filled the jug with ice water, I bet 99% of the fumes would condense out in the tube and drip back into the bottom bucket as Nitric Acid or whatever. Even if it worked no way would I want it inside!

You could put a drain spigot on the jug if you needed to recharge it with ice water. You could also put a small beaker over the top of the tube with the top of the beaker below water level in case any noxious stuff made it that far up the tube. Oh yeah. the whole thing would be weather proof!

Will Nitric Acid react with those orange 5 gallon buckets sold at Home Depot?

Would a Stainless Steel tube work?

Just a thought.

Mike

Im pretty sure Nitric acid will react with the plasticisers in the bucket. The bucket might last a while thou.

Tygon 2075 tubing is execelent for use with nitric acid. I used to do something very similar to what you descrive using a coil of 3/4" Tygon 2075 in a 55 gallon drum filled with water.

 

[Geo]

HDPE stands up very well to nitric acid.

http://k-mac-plastics.net/data%20sheets/hdpe-chemical-resistance.htm

 

[Jimmy]

Pure and virgin HDPE, Yes. However buckets, especially non food grade buckets contain all sorts of additives, colorants and fillers. It wouldnt even suprise me if HD buckets were all recycled material.
So like anything else, you need to keep an eye and a ledger on what works and what dosent.

 

[Palladium]

I use the home depot and lowes buckets. I've had pure nitric (67%) sitting in one for about a year now and it's still holding up fine. It does get frosted and will get brittle after some time but for occasional use the bucket will last longer than the handle will. :mrgreen:

Watch them handles!

 

[Tinker Terry]

Carbon tet was used as a dry cleaning solvent, before the days of worker safety, and was also used in fire extinguishers. Worked good for putting out fires and was sold in glass bubbles which would break when a fire started. ancient automatic extinguisher. Problem with that is when carbon tet contacts flames, highly poisonous gas is produced. Might be useful for stripping shelac? It is an awsome degreaser.
Would bubbling chlorine gas though Hydrogen peroxide make hyrochloric acid?