At 10:37 PM 1/24/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>>My guess is that some (most? all?) crystal drain cleaners are NaOH.
>>Warning: NaOH may react with aluminum parts-- any chemists on the list?
>
>I'm not a chemist, but I have had bad reactions w/ aluminum (foil, in my
>case) There was some other chemical involved, I don't remember what (it was
>about 20 years ago), but the addition of the aluminum made it bubble & hiss &
>get hot (I was using the foil as a lining at the time).
>
>Good Luck! Scott M Ryan
That reminds me of when I heated copper sulfate in an aluminum container.
Never do that!
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