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Originally posted by bigben2k
The RIT "Whitener and Brightener" worked well with 5 drops in 1 cup of distilled water, and even better with 10 drops. 15 and 30 drops didn't make much of an improvement.
The label on the bottle glows quite nicely! (Are they using too much of their own product?  )
It states that it contains "nonionic surfactants" and that it "Conforms to ASTM D-4236" (anyone?).
I'm concerned that it would react with my anti-corrosion agent: Silkolene ProCCA, which contains:
Highly refined mineral oil: 40 - 50%
Diethoxyethanol: <5%
Fatty Alcohol ethoxylate: <5%
Sodium Sulphonate: 5 - 15%
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? (a call for Alchemy!)
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Er. . . kay.
"Nonionic surfactants" suggests it won't go out of solution with your water/ anti-corrosoin stuff. So there's my equilibrium advice.
As far as reactions, there are so many possible that you'd need a dedicated organic chemist to be able to think them up off the top of his head. And even
he would need to know exactly what was in your UV dye.
However, as an engineer, I would think that these components would be made specifically to be nonreactive. The ones you mentioned don't strike me as very reactive at all.
So, yeah. Not much technical advice, sadly. But if it were me, I'd take the chance.
Another note: I'm curious how your anti-corrosion stuff works. Most I know just have metal ions in solution to keep more ion atoms from entering solution. Perhaps those polymers disrupt the electrochemical properties of the fluid? Or simply alter its metal solubility?
Alchemy