vince pitelka on sat 5 may 01
> I am a salt fire afficionado and practitioner. I must say though
that I
> would question your premise that hydrochloric acid fumes are benign to
> humans. Is the acid in automotive batteries not hydrochloric? The
> manufacturer always cautions one to never exposure your membrane tissues
> directly to the vapours which can be emitted when you open the cells to
> refill them .
Don -
As I already said in a previous post, we need to maintain a realistic
perspective here. No one is breathing salt fumes directly from the kiln,
although even if they did I do not expect the concentration is high enough
to do any damage at all. Although I must admit that I have gotten a good
whiff of salt fumes directly from the kiln in years past, and it is not
particularly unpleasant. I have also gotten a good whiff of hydrochloric
acid fumes in college chemistry, and it damned near knocked me on my ass.
It is all a question of concentration, and salt-kiln effluent is highly
diluted.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
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Tennessee Technological University
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