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| Buckleys |
 Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:25 am |
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Hi all,
i have to dispose of a couple of bottles of "zerocarb". Anyone know what
this is?
Ta, Rob. |
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| William Penrose |
| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:25 am |
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 02:25:14 +1000, Buckleys
<the_buckleys@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
Quote: Hi all,
i have to dispose of a couple of bottles of "zerocarb". Anyone know what
this is?
Call up the manufacturer. They are supposed to tell you that info.
(Well, I don't know about Australia.)
Bill Penrose |
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| Buckleys |
| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:41 am |
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William Penrose wrote:
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 02:25:14 +1000, Buckleys
the_buckleys@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
Hi all,
i have to dispose of a couple of bottles of "zerocarb". Anyone know what
this is?
Call up the manufacturer. They are supposed to tell you that info.
(Well, I don't know about Australia.)
Bill Penrose
This stuff could be up to 30 years old. No manufacturer is listed on the
label, just has "Zerocarb" on it. I was hoping someone mught recognise
it as a trade name or something. Oh well - time to put 2nd year
inorganic to use. ;)
Rob. |
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| Bruce Hamilton |
| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:45 pm |
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:41:11 +1000, Buckleys
<the_buckleys@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
Quote: This stuff could be up to 30 years old. No manufacturer is listed on the
label, just has "Zerocarb" on it. I was hoping someone mught recognise
it as a trade name or something. Oh well - time to put 2nd year
inorganic to use. 
Just remember that some older reagents ( eg CO2 absorbers - if that's
what it is ), can include asbestos - eg some Carbosorb products were
sodalime-asbestos rather than just sodalime-indicator, and Ascarite
was sodium hydroxide-asbestos.
I'd just wet a small amount, check the pH, and then dump it with some
absorbent material around it. Probably not worth wasting much time on.
Bruce Hamilton |
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| BAJJERFAN |
| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 6:32 pm |
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B.Hamilton@irl.cri.nz (Bruce Hamilton) wrote in message news:<3fe73844.1628897210@newshost.comnet.co.nz>...
Quote: On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:41:11 +1000, Buckleys
the_buckleys@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
This stuff could be up to 30 years old. No manufacturer is listed on the
label, just has "Zerocarb" on it. I was hoping someone mught recognise
it as a trade name or something. Oh well - time to put 2nd year
inorganic to use. ;)
Just remember that some older reagents ( eg CO2 absorbers - if that's
what it is ), can include asbestos - eg some Carbosorb products were
sodalime-asbestos rather than just sodalime-indicator, and Ascarite
was sodium hydroxide-asbestos.
I'd just wet a small amount, check the pH, and then dump it with some
absorbent material around it. Probably not worth wasting much time on.
Bruce Hamilton
What you most likely have is somthing called Zeokarb. I call your
attention to the reference F. B. Anderson, Clin. Chim. Acta, 12(1965)
659-670. In the appendix on page 670 he mentions the use of Zeokarb
225 (H+) form as an acidifying agent. The stuff seems to be peculiar
to the British! I would guess its harmless. |
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| Nick Hawthorn |
| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 7:36 pm |
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Try google on Zerocarb. It seems to be a diet supplement for
body-builders.
Nick Hawthorn n dot hawthorn at auckland dot ac dot nz |
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| Ron Jones |
| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 5:53 pm |
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Buckleys wrote:
Quote: Hi all,
i have to dispose of a couple of bottles of "zerocarb". Anyone know
what this is?
Ta, Rob.
What does it look like? Sounds like it should be ZeoCarb - Mix of zeolite
and carbon.
--
Ron Jones
Don't repeat history, see unreported near misses in chemical lab/plant
at http://www.crhf.org.uk |
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| SNUMBER6 |
| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:29 pm |
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Quote: From: "Ron Jones" ron@ronjones.org.uk
What does it look like? Sounds like it should be ZeoCarb - Mix of zeolite
and carbon.
or NeoCarb ... the equivalent in the Matrix ...
Be seeing you
In the Village
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