another merry xmas post....

Happy Xmas all, have fun and take care.

Dont drink too much coke either.... thought Id try out one of the Coke
"myths"... this was the result

http://www.xpd.co.nz/photos/coins.jpg

Dunno how our stomachs handle that stuff

 

And yes I know our stomach acids are actually a lot worse

 

Try ginger ale instead.

 

thats why you should drink beer

 

One way to make Carbolic acid is made by simply bubbling carbon dioxide
through water. The use of Carbolic acid was the earliest method of
producing a sterile surgical environment.

Coca Cola is made from guess what... water saturated with carbon dioxide -
Carbolic acid.

There is no surprise, therefore, that it etches the surface of coins.

Lennier

 

Merry Christmas to you all!
Mixing with rum is an effective antidote to this acid problem.

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Roy Price - May the Fish be with you!

 

On 25 Dec 2003, Lennier wrote

You are thinking of carbonic acid, a very weak acid which is a solution
of carbon dioxide in water.

Carbolic acid (also known as Phenol) is a strong, extremely poisonous,
corrosive and cardiotoxic substance which was used historically, as you
say, as a sterilant and also for cauterising flesh. It set a standard of
action against which other substances are compared even today (see
Rideal-Walker coefficient).

The acid component of Coca Cola is phosphoric acid.

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Regards,
Nicolaas.


- A bird in the bush can't make a mess in your hand.

 

If you put the coin in stomach acid, it'd have been eaten away entirely.

Perhaps we should get rid of all that nasty stomach acid too ?

Merry Christmas to everyone.

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.... Brendan

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Note: All comments are copyright 2003, and are opinion only where not
otherwise stated, and always 'to the best of my reccollection'.

 

A large Dentist bill is far more painful...

 

Dont worry, lots of that mix will be done today