RE: [ATM] Lemon Juice and Optics

["Thomas" <tomjan@ozemail.com.au>]

I believe so, but they would have to be the ultra high lead glasses,
some lead oxides are quite soluble others not....

Clear skies,
Thomas Janstrom
http://www.tjanstrom.com
http://www.norsewines.com.au
"Your nobody untill you've been ignored by your seventh cranio-facial
nerve."


-----Original Message-----
From: Woodchuck [mailto:djv@bedford.net] 
Sent: Monday, 10 May 2004 8:26 AM
To: Thomas
Cc: 'Woodchuck'; 'The Amateur Telescope Makers List'
Subject: Re: [ATM] Lemon Juice and Optics


Thomas wrote >
> How about because caustic (high pH) solusions can and do etch glass. 
> Acids in general (excluding HF) have little or no effect on glass....
> 
> Clear skies,
> Thomas Janstrom
> http://www.tjanstrom.com
> http://www.norsewines.com.au
> "Your nobody untill you've been ignored by your seventh cranio-facial 
> nerve."

Sure.  But aren't some flints sensitive to acid?  (I don't know, this is
a vague memory.)

Dave


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