Swim has had nice dream. Short, and sure to pick up on other nights, but sweet.
In this dream, swim could he see himself, as though slightly above and to the left of himself.....
The ghostly figure took a brand name of water,which was sold in soda-bottle (20 fl. oz / 591 mL) sized container, read the label, and made a sad face. The water contained therein trace amounts of magnesium sulfate and potassium chloride. Dumps water and rinses w/ dh20, then proceeds:
Container filled w/ 180 mL Iodine Tincture
(6 X 30 mL : 2% Iodine, 2.4% Sodium Iodide, 47%
Denatured Alcohol)
Added 45 mL Muriatic Acid, shook, let sit for 15 min.
Added 85 mL Hydrogen Peroxide 3% soln. Shook, let sit 15 min
Added 315 mL Dist H2O. Shook, let sit 15 min.
Crystals could seen to be falling and gathering at the bottom of container.
After 15 min, poured soln. through 2 coffee filters, immediately understood why pantyhose is preferred. Also, the ghostly figure grasped how woefully inadequate the 591 mL container was; a 1L would be marginally better, 2L would be perfect. A lot of crystals remained in the bottom of the container, so dist H2O was used to ferret them out, and used that to wash what was in the filters. After all was removed from container, and all was in filters, the figure squeezed and applied more dist H2O two more times. Filter squeezed, and main mass put into a glass jar w/dessicant, jar placed int freezer for circa 90 min. Upon removal, H2O crystals were seen to form around the mass, and the dessicant's wrapping was severely stained. Dessicant and wrapping were discarded, and new dssicant/wrapping placed much further away, sealed in w/ the mass, an stored in cool dry place.
SWIM came to these conclusions:
-Mechanical losses were high. Another sized container is definitely needed, and pantyhose are hypothesized to work better (for filtration/washing).
-Iodine is every bit as staining as was promised. SWIM was impressed with Nitrile-impregnated latex gloves' ability to not only absorb I2 stains, but also to protect hands from Muriatic acid.
SWIM observed that the mass was gray, somewhat needle-like crystals, as promised in the spell.
The ghostly figure used the ratios and method outlined by Curbside, scaled down to his amounts available. The ultimate conclusion? The spell worked. The element may return in following dreams.........
Before SWIM woke up, marauding Klingons disruptored the reaction vessel(note 1), the gloves, tincture bottles, and first dessicant/wrapping.
Note 1 : The only reaction taking place, AFASK, is between the sodium iodide and hydrogen peroxide; the rest is physical separation of Iodine from alcohol.