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Fw: Salt Combustion?

To: "Wes Potter" <wester6935@attbi.com>,
Subject: Fw: Salt Combustion?
From: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 11:57:13 -0700
Subject: Re: Salt Combustion?


> Wes, list,
> I think it's probably a lot like swallowing a bug on your motorcycle. Not
> pleasant but no real problem either in small bits.
> Howard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W S Potter" <wester6935@attbi.com>
> To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 10:19 AM
> Subject: Re: Salt Combustion?
>
>
> > Well ... first of all it's a sodium chloride crystal.  Won't have time
to
> > dissolve in the fuel.  No oxygen bearing or generating functions in that
> > combination.  Looks like it's abrasive.
> >
> > Mayf could probably give information on the chemical characteristics of
> the
> > dissolved salt in a petrochemical.  Does it dissolve?  How fast?  Should
I
> > experiment tomorrow?
> >
> > Wes
> >
> > on 9/15/02 8:51 AM, Dick J at lsr_man@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > > I was just having my morning coffee in front of a tape of old
Bonneville
> > > races.  I noticed a couple lumps of salt inside the mouth of the air
> intake of
> > > one car just as it was being pushed off the line.  What effect does
salt
> have
> > > on the motor when ingested, mixed with gasoline, and ignited?  I KNOW
> what
> > > sand does, what does salt do?
> > > Dick J

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