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Subject:Re: Water Wetter
From:John Bange
Date:Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:44:01 -0700

> Catalysts initiate chemical reactions, without themselves being in
> any way involved in the reaction. They don't affect heat-transfer,
> which is not a chemical but a physival process (of course chemical
> reactions are also physical, but...).

I think he meant "surfactant" rather than catalyst. The effect of
surfactants in heat transfer is pretty well established. Likewise
anything that lets you use more water rather than glycol or alcohol
antifreeze is an improvement.

> I think this stuff will be yet another brand of oel de serpente.

Maybe. The real question is actually whether it's actually an
effective corrosion inhibitor.