agent_entropy
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Acid damage to tools
I thought this was interesting:
Someone at work brought a hammer to show me. Apparently it had fallen into one of our 6 meter deep mixing tanks where a small amount of 49% HF was
left in the bottom. The hammer stayed there for 3 days until he found a magnet that he could use to retrieve it. Unfortunately I don't have a
"before" picture, but it was a brand new framing hammer and the HF basically turned it into a tack hammer without touching the handle.
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Magpie
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That's awesome. Thanks for sharing. 
The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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papaya
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And from what are your tanks made from?
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agent_entropy
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The HF tank is steel lined with polypropylene.
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