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Re: Nasty shale processing (posted for R. Hill)



Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 10:40:34 +0700
From: rhill@LPL.Arizona.EDU (Rik Hill)
To: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Nasty shale processing (posted for M. Duncan)
X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
Status: O

> Ever tried good old Quaternary O - I've used it firstly dissolved in
> boiling water and then immersed the shale and left it sitting unstirred for
> a couple of weeks it works for teeth and things but I'm not sure what it
> would do to grapts.
>
Is Q-O still manufactured? I was under the impression that (at leat in the
U.S.) because of its non-biodegradability (how's that for a word!) that it
was no longer made, similar to Tri Sodium Phosphate (TSP).

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