Klarinet Archive - Posting 000303.txt from 2005/05

From: Dick van Leijenhorst <bolke@-----.nl>
Subj: [kl] green corrosion
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 03:55:31 -0400

Green copper oxide dissolves in a solution of citric acid (to be
bought in solid form at the druggist's). It forms complex organic
compounds. I learnt the trick from the museum director here in
Nijmegen, where one still occasionally finds Roman coins. Dick v. L.
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"The problem of determining the weight of nothing can no longer be put
aside for future generations." (Krauss and Turner, Sci. Am, sept. 2004.)

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6525 ED NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands. Tel.024-3652232; email: bolke@-----.nl
Fax: +31.(0)243652140 Visit my homepage! - at: http://www.cs.ru.nl/~bolke/

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