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Re: filmscanners: Cleaning slides
No, NO, no...
Now this is getting out of hand. Ammonia is not used in bleach, in
fact, it is very dangerous to mix the two, as a huge release of Chlorine
gas will occur, and chlorine gas is toxic. NEVER mix ammonia and bleach.
Besides this combo causing some scarred lungs and occasional deaths, it
is also famous for causing exploding toilets, which you occasionally
hear about, when people accidentally mix these two ingredients trying to
make their toilets sparkling. (Also ammonia is a by-product of
bacterial action on the nitrogen compounds found in urine). Anyone who
owns a cat that uses an indoor litterbox has likely experienced this on
a warm summer day. Whew!
Bleach removes dyes because it is (Chlorine gas -bleach is water with
this dissolved in it) is a very strong oxidizing agent.
Art
Derek Clarke wrote:
> Ammonia is also used in bleach for its properties in decolouring of
> dyes...
>
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