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Small (personal) scale sea salt production?
I was looking to try to make a small setup for producing small amounts of sea salt. Ideally a series of evaporation chambers, with a heavy brine as the finished product, that could then be baked. May ...
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Will this reaction form magnesium carbonate?
I have magnesium oxide pills I take. I know if I dissolve them they'll form magnesium hydroxide, and I'm trying to make pure magnesium from my pills. I've come up with a double replacement reaction, ...
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Does the salt in the ocean act as a binding agent on sand?
When I walk on the beach, there appears to be an upper layer of the sand that is 'crusty'.
This appears to be the opposite of what you see in sand in a dessert setting, where the individual ...
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How to break down soap and detergents?
I am building a greywater harvesting system. It is a 3-stage system:
The 1st stage breaks down soap and detergents.
The 2nd stage filters the water.
The 3rd stage pumps water out of system.
What ...
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