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Re: Storing Muriatic Acid & Hydrogen peroxide

2011-08-18 by freespamfree

When we say nearby how nearby are we talking about?  Like in the same room or just within a few feet?

I didn't know about the gas that the mixture would give off.  I'll have to remember that when I go to store it in a container to make sure that the cap isn't fully tightened.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, garydeal <garydeal@...> wrote:
>
> 
> >I use glass Mason canning jars. They come with a lid and ring but you 
> >can buy plastic screw on lids. Has worked for me for 2 years.
> 
>      I'd suggest not using glass that seals. The hydrogen peroxide will 
> continue to decompose and produce oxygen gas while in storage, which can 
> produce enough pressure to burst the container (the type of seal on a 
> mason jar with the two-part lid might be ok for this, but I wouldn't use 
> it). I've had several exploding glass containers of other things over the 
> years, and even if the contents isn't nasty the glass can fly quite a 
> ways.
> 
>      I've stored the stuff in a brown plastic peroxide bottle, having 
> squeezed it quite a bit before capping, and had it develop enough 
> pressure to show stretch lines down the sides of the bottle. The big 
> plastic ketchup squeeze bottles sound about perfect, since they can vent 
> the pressure while sealed. The vented gasses will still rust/corrode any 
> metal nearby...
> 
>      -Gary
>

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