Recent content by LSJ

Well, when using vinegar (and I used pure white vinegar) the only components are the aluminum, water, and acetic acid. When using sodium acetate you have acetic acid, water, aluminum, and sodium hydroxide. Perhaps the presence of sodium hydroxide changes the process in some way. Regardless...

Well the vinegar is pure; its only acetic acid in water. The difference between the vinegar and acetate method is that the vinegar makes the white crust stick to the metal and it cannot be removed. When using sodium acetate there is some of the same type of crust, but it falls right off of the...

My adventure of watching aluminum age... zzzzz... This is really just a post about something interesting I've been doing. Not a question thread or whatnot, which is why its in this section. ____ I have been using aluminum rings to make small pieces of maille armour. The rings are very...

Bah, template doesn't apply to this. In a lab report, we were using Hess's Law to calculate enthalpies using a few reactions we did in class, one of which was magnesium in hydrochloric acid. The question was to explain why the change is exothermic. What exactly is it about displacement...