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The Hive => Newbee Forum => Topic started by: Axatax on May 28, 2003, 07:58:00 PM

Title: O2 Wacker Questions
Post by: Axatax on May 28, 2003, 07:58:00 PM

Looking over the O2 Wacker w/KRV writeup, I have two questions:

1) Why can't a stirrer/stir bar be used instead of the manual agitation? 

2) Could a constant stream of oxygen substitute for high pressure air in a soda bottle?

Title: O2 wacker - pressure AND agitation is needed
Post by: Rhodium on June 04, 2003, 07:06:00 PM

1) No stir bar in the world can create as large a gas/liquid interface area as when you manually shake the bottle (the larger the area, the faster the reaction)

2) Pressure is needed, as we more or less want to push oxygen into the safrole by force, oxygen bubbles will not have any   desire to add to the safrole if you just let them bubble through the solution, also - see (1) above, such bubbles won't create any gas/liquid interface area to speak of.