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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MechAg94 on June 07, 2019, 10:06:38 AM
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https://abc13.com/amp/home/residents-see-purple-water-after-pump-malfunction/5329468/?__twitter_impression=true
Hundreds of people in Coal Grove, Ohio turned on their faucets Monday to see something unexpected - purple water.
I think purple water would bug me quite a bit. I would probably be leaving the water on for a week.
"Once it's diluted out, it's not dangerous at all," Stephen Burchett, water treatment plant operator, said.
Burchett said the vibrant color was caused by a pump malfunction; it dumped too much sodium permanganate into the water.
(edit: that title in all caps was bugging me)
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3.6 roentgen. Not great, not terrible
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3.6 roentgen. Not great, not terrible
Didn't realize Mn had a radioactive isotope, Mn53.
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Potassium permanganate I have in abundance and use fairly regularly. I have no use for sodium permanganate.
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^ Now I'm curious. What for?* And what with K40, it ought to be slightly more radioactive. (Not that it's a lot, but it would scare some people. I remember telling someone that their salt substitute (KCl) was radioactive and they freaked out a bit. I was just being a smartass and made the remark in passing.)
* Added later: For steam generation as in the V-2 rocket?
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Potassium permanganate is used as a photographic bleach/reducer. Bleaching is a step in toning photographic prints (sepia, selenium...)
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^ Now I'm curious. What for?* And what with K40, it ought to be slightly more radioactive. (Not that it's a lot, but it would scare some people. I remember telling someone that their salt substitute (KCl) was radioactive and they freaked out a bit. I was just being a smartass and made the remark in passing.)
* Added later: For steam generation as in the V-2 rocket?
Mine was a Chernobyl reference where one of the managers supposedly said that blowing off the problem because certain meters where showing 3.6 which just so happened to the max for that type. He dismissed as malfunctioning all the other meters showing way way way higher,
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Potassium permanganate is a great fire started with glycerin. Used is as a magic fire starter for my Cub Scouts back in the day.
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Hadda look that one up. Ought not about the same thing happen with alcohols and low carbohydrates?
Side note: I was amused to find that kosher glycerin is available on the market. Kinda curious about that, not being Jewish. Glycerin is a food item ? Not being a culinary person, either.
Terry, 230RN
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Hadda look that one up. Ought not about the same thing happen with alcohols and low carbohydrates?
Side note: I was amused to find that kosher glycerin is available on the market. Kinda curious about that, not being Jewish. Glycerin is a food item ? Not being a culinary person, either.
Terry, 230RN
Isn't glycerin taken as medication for something?
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Isn't glycerin taken as medication for something?
I have a passing familiarity with glycerin suppositories.
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NITROglycerin, where the three OHs (see image) have been replaced by nitrates (NO3) is used for heart conditions since it is a vasodilator.
Glycerin, before making into nitroglycerin:
(https://hccr4fh5fs2qtrl03m0szqpo-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gly4-1.jpg)
It's also a too-sensitive explosive. When mixed with various inert powders it forms dynamite, which is less sensitive. However, the fumes get to people who handle it routinely and since it is a vasodilator, it causes severe headaches. Its inventor was subject to these headaches.
Pure un-nitrated glycerin(e) is used as a skin emollient, and I guess, according to RKL, a lubricant for defecation.
I was wondering about "kosher" un-nitrated glycerin, though.
Terry
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Glycerin is added to a wide variety of skin care, hair care & food products. If you wan ta kosher end product, all ingredients need to be kosher.