> No, the GOOD SALT - BAD SALT headers are reversed. The numbers in each
> group add to 100% but I reversed the headers - Good eye, Wes!
> See corrected version below. GA
>
>
> > Are the Magnesium percentage figures accurate or are they reversed?
> >
> > Wes
> >
> > on 3/18/02 10:30 PM, WILKINSON at gary_ellen@email.msn.com wrote:
> >
> > > Overall, the strongest crystaline structure for the elements making up
> the
> > > Bonneville salt flats is pure sodium chloride -NaCl. The next
strongest
> > > structure would be potassium chloride - KCl - which has a similar
> structure
> > > to NaCl and is of about the same strength when pure.
> > > The analysis we did in Sept 93 after the excess water came back across
> I80
> > > from the Reilly ponds onto the salt flats was as follows:
> > >
> > > BAD SALT
> > > Element Percentage
> > > Na 18.74
> > > Cl 68.09
> > > K 2.71
> > > Ca 1.38
> > > S 1.28
> > > Mg 7.80
> --------
> > > 100.00
> > > GOOD SALT
> > > Element Percentage
> > > Na 28.73
> > > Cl 65.10
> > > K 4.63
> > > Ca 0.82
> > > S 0.56
> > > Mg 0.16
> > > ---------
> 100.00
> > > The good salt would take multiple hard, spinning starts without
breaking
> > > down and would have black marks from the tires on it. The bad salt
> would
> > > just break up in a grandular condition after just a few starts. The
> higher
> > > levels of potassium and magnesium show that it came from Reilly's 2nd
> and
> > > 3rd level evaporation ponds where the NaCl levels had already been
> reduced
> > > significantly.
> > > Their primary products are potash and Mag Chloride. Potash is
primarily
> > > potassium salts primarily for the potassium oxide and comes in the
form
> of
> > > potassium chloride, potassium sulfate, and other potassium/magnesium
> > > coupounds. It is the pure white powder piled around Reilly's plant.
> The
> > > MgCl is produced as a liquid rather than a solid. Overall, I would
> estimate
> > > that the salt quality we ran on in 2001 was around 95 to 97 percent
pure
> > > NaCl and KCl salt because of its toughness and durability. There is
no
> > > evidence that the other elements present do anything to help bond the
Na
> and
> > > Cl molecules together. There is a lot of evidence to show that small
> > > amounts of Mg prevents the NaCl and KCl from bonding together in
strong
> > > crystalline structures.
> > > Gary Allen
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