Comments on: Disposing 20,000 Pounds of Metalic Sodium circa 1947

By: mitch

mitch — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:18:18 +0000

One of those things that work perfectly well until it is time to replace it or decommission it.

By: Non-smoker

Non-smoker — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:24:20 +0000

Astonishing are the risks we took in the past – and are still paying for today, eg asbestos is in nearly every building built in the 1950’s – 1970’s in the UK. A lot of the time, if you’re replacing old kitchen floor tiles or garage roof tiles you never give asbestos a thought when they could be full of it.

By: Thwalls

Thwalls — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:43:54 +0000

Ok so what did they do with the extra potassium metal lying around.

By: mitch

mitch — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:38:15 +0000

enahs: credit given

By: Enahs

Enahs — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:28:16 +0000

That was me, fyi.

By: mitch

mitch — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:33:36 +0000

I love the scene where a cloud of NaOH is rolling up the hill.

By: excimer

excimer — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:22:20 +0000

Ah back in the good old days, when men were men and dumping tons of sodium in the lake was more than just hella sweet- it was useful.