Re: CULT: OT: clorox - chemistry, horse's mouth-
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- Subject: Re: CULT: OT: clorox - chemistry, horse's mouth-
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 13:05:54 -0600 (MDT)
Linda Mann called the Clorox folk and learned:
<< ... that Clorox is 5.25% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and 4.12% sodium
chloride (NaCl)...... Wishing I'd kept that 30 yr old freshman chemistry
book. >>
Good grief! You don't need that book.That's 4.5 parts to the hundred of salt,
a chemical formula even this little black duck can recognize. And, speaking
as the victim of a seemingly endless liberal arts education, history teaches
that that commodity is what Scipio Africanus, or whoever it was, used to
topdress Carthage, thus rendering the soil of that great city unfit for
agriculture to modern times.
Someone knowledgeable kindly explain why I need not worry my addlepated
little head about nasty buildup from general horticultural use of this stuff,
please.
Anner Whitehead, Richmond, VA
Henry Hall henryanner@aol.com