Both Chris and Loris
Whatever you do do not treat chemistry like that !
It's a very good way to an early grave and to taking a bus load of friends,
relations and students with you. Seemingly innocuous things mixed together can
prove toxic or explosive. Make sure that you know what you are doing first !
I have had experience of using potassium citrate, the old fashioned cure for
cystitis, for developing platinum prints, I found that it was more trouble
than it was worth. After a time one begins to realise why people have been using
potassium oxalate for such a long time..
PLEASE, PLEASE, TREAT CHEMICALS WITH RESPECT.
Terry
In a message dated 10/4/06 9:31:58 am, mail@loris.medici.name writes:
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> Chris,
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> Maybe someone with good chemistry knowledge can tell you how to "make"
> ammonium citrate. I'm not completely sure but mixing strong ammonia with citric
> acid may give you ammonium citrate - I neither know the proportions you should
> use, nor know if that's a dangerous reaction! I'm just mentioning this for
> letting a chemist chime in and clarify this issue. You probably have citric
> acid on hands but I'm not sure about ammonia. (Maybe it household 15-25%
> ammonia can be used too - if it's possible to make ammonium citrate that way of
> course)
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> Regards,
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> Loris.
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Received on Mon Apr 10 04:11:07 2006
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