[pure-silver] Re: sodium thiosulfate
----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Nelson 
To: pure silver
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:10 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] sodium thiosulfate
I had some dry sodium thiosulfate in a brown gallon jug. It solidified to the point that I couldn't break it up no matter how violently I shook the bottle so I cut off the top of the bottle to get to the chemical and used a mortar and pestle to break up what I needed at the time.
The rest I just covered with some saran wrap some months back.
Now it is no longer crystallized and just solid white chunks that will break up fairly easily. I'm wondering if this is any good? I mixed some and it is still an endotherm so that capacity is still there, but wondering if it will still "act" like ST. Using this to make farmers reducer. 


Thanks!


Eric
This is really a Ryuji Suzuki question. I am aware of three hydrations of sodium sulfite, crystaline, monohydrated, and desiccated or anhydrous. The monohydrated is the most stable form. I don't know if the others become monohydrated with time. A blender may convert the chunks into a powder better than a mortar and pestle. 

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