Re: Rocks

[JerrCarol@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/24/2002 11:00:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, apistowise@fgn.net writes:


> I'll add to what others have said. Having been a
> minerals exploration geologist for 10 years, I
> think I can add some caution to what has been
> said. Vinegar is a weak acid. On some carbonate
> bearing rock like dolomite it will not react
> without scraping part of the rock into powder.
> Dave uses sulfuric acid which is much stronger &
> will react without any extra scraping. Geologists
> use hydrochloric acid for this purpose. Muriatic
> acid can be found at hardware stores. This is an
> industrial grade of hydrochloric acid


Hey Mike,
 Just curious? How bout if you just take some acid buffer like seachem and mix it in water? Isn't it a dry form of hydrochloric acid and being mixed with water would it not do the same thing as the pool acid or battery in Dave's case?
                                                          JerryB