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From: Mike Lonon <ml107**At_Symbol_Here**POSTOFFICE7.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU>
Subject: Re: Immersant for Metallic Lithium
Date: Sep 2, 2005 14:06 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <p06110409bf3bf51dd354**At_Symbol_Here**[128.115.81.233]>
At 05:02 PM 8/31/2005 -0700, you wrote: >Can anyone advise what a good organic immersant is for lithium (specific >gravity = 0.534)? I'm sure there's something better out there, but Kerosene is popular for metallic lithium, sodium, potassium... because it doesn't absorb water, isn't extremely flammable and is oily enough to coat the chunks and prevent contact with water vapor in the air. Yet, it can be cleaned off fairly easily when you want to use the metal.