[Ansteorra] Shenanigans II: Electric Boogaloo

[Cisco Cividanes]

Before anyone decides to actually try and use ammonia for a large
project, I would like to point out that ammonia is also a MAZMAT, and
if not properly handled  can easily  become dangerous, or even fatal.
I say this because with modern cleaning agents available, there are
actually a lot of people I know who have never had to deal with
straight ammonia before, and it is the type of chemical that doesn't
give second chances if misused indoors.

Okay, I'm done with my safety PSA.  Thanks for putting up with me.

Ivo Blackhawk



On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Stefan li Rous
<StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the clarification, Lyneya.
>
> Ammonia makes sense. So do we have any chemists or chemical engineers out
> there who can tell me how else we can get ammonia using medieval methods and
> technology? If not, when were these other methods to produce ammonia
> invented/created?
>
> Thanks,
>   Stefan
>
> On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Susan McMahill wrote:
>
>> BTW, as we were taught in nursing school, unless someone is suffering from
>> a urinary tract infection, urine is actually sterile until it leaves the
>> body and is exposed to bacteria from the exterior of the body, etc. It isn't
>> the 'unhygenic' quality of urine that makes it unpleasant to work with, it
>> is the fact that it breaks down rather rapidly into ammonia which is a
>> pretty nasty smelling substance. It is the ammonia that was what made it a
>> valuable mordant for the dyeing industry.
>>
>> Lyneya
>
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