Recent content by BadCatP0420

Hello JB & welcome! Uhh... I got an e-mail on the 19th of August from you (via Physics Forum) asking if I'd performed the operations described in my posts. 3 hours later I got another email (also via Physics Forum) saying my thread had run its course and was now being closed. Seems like an...

Thank you for replying! How much baking soda would be required to neutralize 1 liter of 0.1 molar solution of either of these acids (EDTA & Oxalic)?

The pre-soak is a GREAT idea! Thank you again, Borek!!!!!

My first heater thought (as a non-scientist) was to use a heating plate like what is commonly used in buffets. I found a round one that gets up to 68º C and is a little larger in diameter that the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket. I had thought to place a several ply layer of fabric on the heating...

If I read you correctly, 5 gallon "painter's" buckets made of HDPE are okay for mixing and heating (to 50º C) 0.1 molar solutions of both EDTA & Oxalic acids? Yes? Thank you!!!!

Since I'm a noob here, I don't want to get under anyone's skin by turning this into a car post. Sorry in advance! That being said, what you are asking about is something commonly referred to as 'Drive Cycle'. Once a CEL is de-luminated, the drive cycle resets. It's not about a particular...

I do appreciate you're having cared enough to read and respond - truly, and thank you for that! However: Method A from everything I've seen (& I've watched lots of YT vids (including this one)) is ineffective at best. Method B is also not very effective (it may remove some grease or soot, but...

Thanx so much for responding, Tom! Means the world! Makes sense on the backwashing; I get it now. As far as the vinegar goes, sorry, I thought it was the opposite of an acid (a base or alkaline: the other way on the ph scale). But that's why I'm asking chemists BEFORE I jump into this...

You're right, but I dunno a better way to say it. Thank you for reading!

Hello all! I've joined your forum here because I have some (what I believe are probably) basic but precise chemistry questions and I don't know any chemists or chemistry professors (or even chemistry students) whom I can ask. Recently, my car's catalytic converter's been giving me some trouble...

Greetings folks! Total noob (and total chemistry layman) here, so apologies in advance for anything I screw up, and also for my lack of brevity, but this will unfortunately take a bit. I live in CA & drive an "older" vehicle (technically a 'classic'). CA has strict emissions requirements...