Re: Mixing ferric oxalate
Thanks folks, I'll leave it 24 hours before I start panicking! John. www.johnbrewerphotography.com Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anaïs Nin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Burkholder" <fdanb@aol.com> To: <alt-photo-process-L@usask.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:32 PM Subject: Re: Mixing ferric oxalate Hey John, Your experience sounds about right. A bit of stirring and patience is all you need. I let the solution sit (in a dark drawer) and reheat in a microwave and stir every 15 minutes until it's dissolved. Takes a while but eventually it all goes into solution. Try to avoid boiling in the microwave. For small quantities like that, 15 sec. on high is usually enough for average ovens. Hope this helps! Dan John Brewer wrote on 9/9/06, 2:06 PM: > Dear list > > I'm mixing ferric oxalate solution from powder and it just isn't going > into > solution. I used 27g ferric oxalate with 4.8g oxalic acid and 2g EDTA > (Na4). > I used hot distilled water to 50ml. I've been stirring for 3/4 hour and I > still have a yellow green opaque liquid and my hand is about to fall > off. Is > it normal to take so long? Can I reheat a little? Any tips/ideas? > > Thanks > > John. > > www.johnbrewerphotography.com > > Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anaïs Nin. > > > > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.2/442 - Release Date: 08/09/2006
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