RE: Shrinking violet ferric AS crystals
| From: | "Monson, Frederick C." |
Oh,
Jeffrey! Another one of those juicy words whose meaning is lost in the
emotion of using it. The last time I saw efflorescence, it was creeping on
the wall of a basement lab, or was it in a subway station. For a
wonderful, albeit pathotic, discussion of what is called "efflorescence", I
recommend the following:
You
might be right about the 'dehydration', but I ALWAYS screw my caps on tight,
especially when it's cold outside!
Ferr(ic) Three alum with the violet
cast
Changes to whitish obscura.
Caused
by a mishap'd evolution that's past,
It is
certain there's no simple cure_a.
But
when, my friends, the whitish shows up,
Don't
shed salty tears in the gears.
Indeed, the solution's just dripped in
the cup,
'Caus
you order fresh crystals, my dears!
It
must be Friday
!!!!!
Fred
Monson
----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey
Silverman [mailto:peptolab@hamptons.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 13,
2003 6:49 PM
To: fmonson@wcupa.edu
Cc:
histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Shrinking violet ferric AS
crystals
Fred- They lose the .12 H20 through I
think, efflorescence? The crystals "dry out" in the bottle.
Jeff Silverman
Southside Hospital Bay Shore NY
USA
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