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Re: A question of humidity...
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lugnet.color
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Sat, 17 Jul 2004 09:29:29 GMT
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> Not really. When you run plastic in different colors for the same application,
> you usually just use the same raw resin for each color, so the only real
> chemical difference would be the coloring agents. And while they can cause
> slightly different behaviors in the plastic, I'm not sure it'll affect how the
> plastic reacts to humidity (well, unless you do something stupid like using
> sodium as a coloring agent, potentially causing it to explode if you get it
> wet).
Please explain this to me.....sodium will explode when it gets wet? If this is
true than wouldn't the oceans blow up?
Just curious....
Jen
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| (...) Pure sodium (the metal) will explode (= react violantly) with water. However, the sodium that is in the oceans is not the metal, but the ion - positively charged. It is usualy accompanied by a chlorine ion (negative). Just like salt that you (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) Usually they start by grading them according to the actual plastic compound, like acryllic (I believe that's what the old "thief-smasher" phones of the 70's were made from) or vinyl (used as a surface layer on many dashboards). After that (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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