t 02:07 PM 1/23/96 -0500, you wrote:
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>My guess is that some (most? all?) crystal drain cleaners are NaOH. Cheap
>and effective, I suppose. But you want to be very careful not to splash
>it in your eyes. It isn't all that pleasant to get on your skin, either.
>Warning: NaOH may react with aluminum parts-- any chemists on the list?
>
> Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
> Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
> gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
>
"NaOH" = Lye (as in Red Devil) ???
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Jim Ferguson
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