

| Subject: | Re: CHEAP Silicate/Phosphate free anti-freeze |
| From: | Dana Morphew |
| Date: | Mon, 6 Dec 1999 06:07:14 -0800 |
Is it even necessary to have a waterpump lubricant in antifreeze? If so, which chemicals or minerals are used? The Prestone ExtraLife or ExtendedLife 5/150 container leaves many of their ingredients hidden under the "proprietary" cloak. Thank you. -Dana- John Rodgers wrote: > > Silicon - a basic element - gray in pure form, usually derived for industry > from the smelting of quartz and quartzite. Or in other terms, Silicon > Oxides. Used in hooter augmentation, oiless lubrication, and computer > chip constrruction. > > East of Montgomery, Alabama there was a silicon producing plant. Electric > furnaces were were layered with alternating coke and quartz/quartzite > gravel, which is very plentiful in the region. The furnaces melted the > rocks, and the carbon in the coke combined with the oxygen atoms in the > quartz/quartzite and vented from the furnace as carbon dioxide, while the > pure silicon poured from the bottom of the furnace into molds to form > ingots. > > The ingots were shipped to the industrial plants of the east and midwest and > made into various silicon based lubricants, silicon steel, silicon aluminum, > cosmetics, medical appliances, etc. > > Probably more than anyone wants to know about it but there it is. > > John Rodgers > "88GL Driver > > Per Lindgren wrote: > > > Gerald Masar wrote: > > > > > You are talking about two completely different substances here: > > > Silicon as in silicates, Silicon Valley and computer chips and > > > Silicone as in lubricants and breast implants. > > > > So, what's the difference between chips and hooters? > > > > PerL > > 87 Syncro 112i
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