Hi, Of course! Vinyl Chlorides! - that answers a long standing question I have had.. I was wondering why a some Micro's I had in Foam (sponge) cases where rusting and all the others in membranes etc and out in the open were all fine (even ones from the same fall).
I especially found that small Gao's stored in boxes with foam stain the foam with rust over time, and those that aren't don't! There certainly appeared to be some reaction with the foam. I have noticed that yellow foam was far worse than the white foam?, presumably different Plastics are used, chlorides would be the reason! Thanks for that. Mark Ford -----Original Message----- From: drtanuki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 July 2004 15:27 To: Meteoryt.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] q on storing micromounts Dear concerned, I would not use "sponge" as it usually contains vinyl chlorides which will oxidize iron with water vapor present. Cotton in my humid climate...even paper...is a no no because it tends to absorb water in my climate in Tokyo. Good luck! Dirk Ross.Tokyo Vapor-proof boxes with silicon desiccant are most likely required, but highly depends on the meteorite case by case. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
