Whew, I only have a Piano, so no Organs around my house.
However I did spill some Scotch on that Piano...
No damage!!
Jim....
oxolic acid
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However I did spill some Scotch on that Piano...
No damage!!
Jim....
Darn. Killed my joke!Whew, I only have a Piano, so no Organs around my house.
However I did spill some Scotch on that Piano...
No damage!!
Jim....
Such a thing actually exists: A whole-food-plant-based diet has been clinically proven to prevent and reverse heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and lower risk of colon and prostate cancer. It also reverses bowel inflammation such as IBS, and other inflammation such as rheumatoid arthritis. All of this is well documented at nutritionfacts.org, including refernce links to scientific studies. (PS - I'm not selling anything and I have not affiliation, but I've "drunk the cool-aid" for 9+ years now. No meds and my blood numbers are better than they were 20 years ago e.g. cholesterol is 130 and used to be around 190).
@Captain Larry-DH ,
On the more serious side, I'm actually following a diet that has put all my numbers right where they should be. My doctor asked me what I was doing as she was amazed at my results. I was also able to loose 50 pounds in the process. It is not solely plant based, and honestly, I've tried them but I'm way too much of an omnivore to completely remove meat from my diet. And as a comparison, my cholesterol went from about 280 down to 118. That was within about 6 months of going on my current - I hate to call it diet - it's really a way of eating. So I don't think you have to get rid of meat, but you do have to control the quantities. I do firmly believe in each to their own though, and what may work for one person may not for another. I'm mighty pleased with where I'm at and especially as I am now off all meds, well, except for vitamins.
Dang it though, I'm still stuck in the moderate to low scotch consumption... It didn't fix that problem! (although that is truly more age related than anything else)
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Oh damn.... Sorry but I can't help myself...
when refering to acids (and bases), the terms "strong" and "weak" do not speak to how reactive the acid is and to be accurate, acids are not universally reactive. Some react very strongly towards one type of substrate while being benign to others. The terms strong and weak reference the degree to which the acid donates a proton to water. For example HCl is a strong acid which means that in an aqueaus solution it exits in its dissociated form [ HCl + H2O --> H3O^+ + OH^- ]. The proton from HCl is completly dissociated from the chloride anion.On the other hand a weak acid (like oxalic acid) exists mostly in it associated form but is in equilibrium with its dissociated form.
It is also not very useful to talk about the reactivity of acids without referencing the substrate since their reactivity is usually substrate specific. Oxalic acid will bind to Iron +3 ions (i.e. rust) and make the iron-oxalate moity water soluble... and that is how oxalic acid helps get rid of rust stains. Oxalic acid is also a decent oxidizing agent and attacks the double bonds in tannins that give tannins their dark brown stains. But oxalic acid is rather benign towards skin and metals in their metalic state. That is why oxalic acid is such a popular rust stain remover.... it is not very agressive towards the base metal.. just the metal cation in the rust molecule.
HCl (a.k.a. muriatic acid ... a.k.a. stomach acid) is considered a strong acid and readily attacks metals in their matalic state but it does not do much to rust. It also does not attack skin very aggresively in dilute forms. HCl also attacks the double bonds in tannins so HCl is often sold as deck "bleach" since it will help whiten surfaces stained by organic tannins. By contrast, sulfuric acid rips through skin (and T-shirts, and my jeans...) but does not do much to metals. You should never let sulfuric acid anywhere near natural fiber cloth but dilute sulfuric is relatively benign towards synthetic fibers such as nylon. There is no real good use of sulfuric acid on a boat other than its use in your deep cycle battery.
Sorry... I know how much you all love my chemistry lessons.
