On Wed, 14 May 2008 07:54:43 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:

and be sure to add the water to the acid and not the other
way round.

You have that backwards. Water is less dense, and can sit on top while
the heat evolved boils the water and splatters the acid.

Casady

On Tue, 13 May 2008 22:05:10 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Wed, 14 May 2008 07:54:43 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:

and be sure to add the water to the acid and not the other
way round.

You have that backwards. Water is less dense, and can sit on top while
the heat evolved boils the water and splatters the acid.

Casady


Yes I am dumb. Between my brain and the typing something went wrong. I
used to tach science for a few years and it should be burned in my
brain. Thanks for correcting me. It could have caused a nasty accident

cheers
peter