From:
Little Helga <littlehelga**At_Symbol_Here**COX.NET>
Subject:
Mixtures of Oleum and Perchloric acid
Date:
Apr 8, 2009 22:51 UTC
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Little Helga
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:51:57 -0700
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From: Little Helga <littlehelga**At_Symbol_Here**COX.NET>
Subject: Mixtures of Oleum and Perchloric acid
Does anyone know of a potential hazard of mixing
70%
perchloric acid with oleum (% SO3 to react with most of the water in the
perchloric acid).
The research group is trying to make ~100%
sulfuric
acid and ~100% perchloric acid to oxidize small quanities of carbon
(graphite)
at temperatures ranging up to 70 C. The group understands the usual
problems
with handling oleum and they know that 100% perchloric acid by its self
is a
major safety problem.
Concentrations of the "100% perchloric acid"
would be in
the range of 10 to 30% in the oleum.
Bob Small
RS Associates
Tucson, AZ
