| Subject: | Re: for the record water is not corrosive |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Sat, 1 May 2004 16:05:50 +1200 |
>Waht exaclty are you saying? It is or it isnt? > >FYI high output radio stations use pure water to cool the >transmitting tubes. These tubes dont fail due to corrosion. > > > >Chris DeLong >Fine Tuning >206.427.4777 >www.finetuningperformance.com >Seattle, WA USA Depends on what the tubes are made from. Silica glasses are soluble in "ordinary" (impure) water; I'm not sure about pure water in this case. Many compounds are quite soluble in acidic water (rainwater is very dilute carbonic acid), including silica, OVER TIME. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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