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vorlund (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 01:07 AM Original message |
CO2 captured as baking soda |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Let them eat cake..." |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Or pancakes...or have a nice hot bath...or brush yer teeth...or destink your fridge!!! |
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Ytzak (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. What is in food-grade baking soda? |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I was wondering about that also |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. However, tons of sodium hydroxide are required too. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Bingo... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Sodium Hydroxide |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Looks like the production of NaOH also gives us HYDROGEN GAS |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The other product of the chloralkali process: Chlorine, Cl2. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. Good lord. Baking soda is USEFUL! |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yeah ... |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. Hi vorlund |
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vorlund (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Thanks for the welcome, unhappycamper. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. There's a serious problem of scale here. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Source? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Innumerate reporters get it wrong again |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Thanks |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Another problem is that the electrolysis used for the NaOH requires |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Isn't NaCO2 mined as the mineral trona? Maybe we could ship all |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Trona is sodium carbonate/bicarbonate, Na2CO3•NaHCO3•2H2O. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I know Trona, CA is where there is, amazingly enough, a trona mine |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
20. Baking soda isn't incredibly stable: it releases CO2 at moderate temperature |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 05:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Hey, those fiddle players need work while they're toasting! |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I think you are right. When you bake with it the bread puffs up with |
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philb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
25. Food grade? -A typical coal plant generates thousands of tons of toxic metals per year |
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