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Offline JayUtah

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Re: Plumbing question
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2021, 12:14:38 PM »
Somewhere, on a plumbing forum, someone is asking about unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine....  :P ;) ;D ;D ;D

Which actually does pose a not-insignificant problem for its plumbing.
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Offline Peter B

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Re: Plumbing question
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2021, 06:26:55 PM »
Somewhere, on a plumbing forum, someone is asking about unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine....  :P ;) ;D ;D ;D

But isn't there a vague Apollo connection?

I have this memory of a problem with hydraulic fluid in either the Saturn vehicle or the Apollo spacecraft which kept producing crystals that had the potential to block up the plumbing?  :o

Or do I have it wrong?

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Re: Plumbing question
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2021, 07:03:54 PM »
Here's the stuff. The view shows the top of the cap that is inside the tap.

BTW, it is lovely to see the stream of water from a freshly descale thingy.

Looks like a mix that includes copper carbonate and maybe Fe3O4, to the extent that it's possible to tell these things from a photo.

Offline gwiz

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Re: Plumbing question
« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2021, 06:45:59 AM »
Certainly the water here in the south of England is rock hard.
Not everywhere.  Ours comes from rain on granite moorland and not much of that gets dissolved.
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Re: Plumbing question
« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2021, 06:48:34 AM »
Looks like a mix that includes copper carbonate and maybe Fe3O4, to the extent that it's possible to tell these things from a photo.

Have you tried the Firefox Spectroscope plugin?  ;)
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Offline Glom

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Re: Plumbing question
« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2021, 10:22:58 AM »
It reminded me of miniature blue slate I've used in garden. Thought it looked quite nice.

Offline VQ

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Re: Plumbing question
« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2021, 02:56:11 PM »
Looks like a mix that includes copper carbonate and maybe Fe3O4, to the extent that it's possible to tell these things from a photo.

Have you tried the Firefox Spectroscope plugin?  ;)

I get distinct peaks at around 490, 580, and 640 nm.  :D

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Re: Plumbing question
« Reply #22 on: January 30, 2021, 10:14:45 PM »
Here's the stuff. The view shows the top of the cap that is inside the tap.

BTW, it is lovely to see the stream of water from a freshly descale thingy.

It's not lead, I hope.
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