Homebrew PCBs

On 10/01/07, Roland Harriston <rolohar@...> wrote:
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> Hydrochloric acid was first discovered around the year 800 AD by the
>  alchemist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy_%28islam%29> Jabir ibn
>  Hayyan (Geber) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geber>, by mixing common
>  salt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_chloride> with vitriol
>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitriol> (sulfuric acid
>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuric_acid>).
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>  In the Middle Ages, hydrochloric acid was known to European alchemists
>  as spirit of salt or acidum salis. Gaseous HCl was called marine acid
>  air. The old (pre-systematic) name muriatic acid has the same origin
>  (muriatic means "pertaining to brine or salt"), and this name is still
>  sometimes used

ok, I'l stick to buying FECL at least I can find that stuff.

It took me 2 years to find out what lye was.........


Lez