12AX7
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Which reminds me...
...I was gonna ask some basic questions! Like, we just BUY KMnO4 or acetone, or any number of other things... but how does industry mine or
synthesize these?
Tim
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kclo4
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I think they make acetone by the decomposition of calcium acetate
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cyclonite4
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AFAIK, they no longer decompose calcium acetate, they use the cumene process, which produces both acetone and phenol. Calcium acetate is
useful on a small lab-scale though.
[Edited on 20-3-2005 by cyclonite4]
\"It is dangerous to be right, when your government is wrong.\" - Voltaire
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