Re: MtMan-List: Patch Lube / BP Cleaner

[John Kramer <kramer@kramerize.com>]

At 11:35 PM 6/16/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Just a note on the properties of Hydrogen Peroxide.  From my safety training
for
>work at a surface mine back when I was just out of high school, we were
informed
>that  HP in concentrations above 5 or 10 percent will cause organic matter to
>combust after a period of time related to concentration.  Eg.  A 10 percent
>solution dripped on your leather shoe at the start of your shift will burst
into
>flame just as you start filling your car with Gasoline at lunch.  Higher
>Concentrations will simply melt through everything up to the chemical
resistant
>sole of your boot.  What you buy at the store is 3% and safe, But still
really
bad
>stuff.
> 

I can only date Hydrogen Peroxide back to about 1870.

John...

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