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Re: Buying KNO3 -- Stump Removers
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Buying KNO3 -- Stump Removers
- From: Jerry Baker <jerrybaker at attbi_com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:58:14 -0700
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Chuck H wrote:
> ACS grade chems are excellent. The Green Light stump remover isn't
> nearly so pure. I haven't the faintest idea what the extra junk might
> be, but the GL stuff I have is white, opaque, and granular with only
> a rare speck of dark material here and there. It's dry and crunchy to
> the touch, and it doesn't clump. I agree that it doesn't stay in
> solution particularly well and is cloudy, but I haven't noticed any
> gelatinous material. Perhaps Green Light has changed for the worse
> since I bought mine. It has been a while.
The Green Light Stump Remover I have is most definitely not white, nor
very granular. It is a pale yellow powder. It smells very strongly of
potassium chlorate KClO3(another oxidizer), but I don't think human
olfactory senses are enough to produce a reliable assay.
I wouldn't worry a lot about NaOH in KNO3. Think of KNO3 as a HNO3
(nitric acid) solution with K dissolved in it. I wonder if the NaOH is
added to counter the acidity of the NO3?
--
Jerry Baker