RE: ORGLIST: KOH powder

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From: Bozell, Joe (joe_bozell$##$nrel.gov)
Date: Wed Oct 27 1999 - 16:44:21 EDT

I have done this frequently merely by (rapidly) pulverizing the pellets =
in a
mortar and pestle. The powder can then be placed under vacuum with a =
little
mild heating to remove any water that might have been absorbed.

best regards,

Joe Bozell
Senior Chemist
National Renewable Energy Lab
Golden, CO
USA


> ----------
> From: Alison og Thomas Høyer
> Reply To: alihoyer$##$post.uni2.dk
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:52 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list orglist
> Subject: ORGLIST: KOH powder
>
> A procedure I wish to use calls for powdered KOH. As I pictured =
myself
> trying to squash individual pellets between two teaspoons, I =
remembered
> the orglist people: Have any of you tried preparing pulverized =
potassium
> hydroxide?
> KOH is very hygroscopic.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Thomas Hoyer
>
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