Superglue has the feature of hardening on contact with things like bicarb of soda and graphite powder. What is happening to make make the powder be a catalyst and make the change so quickly?
stan101 said:
Superglue has the feature of hardening on contact with things like bicarb of soda and graphite powder. What is happening to make make the powder be a catalyst and make the change so quickly?
Interesting. I might have to experiment.
BTW welcome back, don’t think I’ve seen you in a bit
Superglue & bicarb of soda work very well indeed for filling in holes and gluing stuff together.
stan101 said:
Superglue has the feature of hardening on contact with things like bicarb of soda and graphite powder. What is happening to make make the powder be a catalyst and make the change so quickly?
I quick wild guess. Both bicarb of soda and graphite powder are powders with a very large surface area, and surfaces often catalyse chemical reactions.
To test the hypothesis, try a different powder with a large surface area such as talc or powdered clay.
mollwollfumble said:
stan101 said:
Superglue has the feature of hardening on contact with things like bicarb of soda and graphite powder. What is happening to make make the powder be a catalyst and make the change so quickly?I quick wild guess. Both bicarb of soda and graphite powder are powders with a very large surface area, and surfaces often catalyse chemical reactions.
To test the hypothesis, try a different powder with a large surface area such as talc or powdered clay.
dv said:
BTW welcome back, don’t think I’ve seen you in a bit
Thank you. Not been around. But lurking occasionally. Working on myself to be a better person. Sorry for the delay. in replying.
mollwollfumble said:
stan101 said:
Superglue has the feature of hardening on contact with things like bicarb of soda and graphite powder. What is happening to make make the powder be a catalyst and make the change so quickly?I quick wild guess. Both bicarb of soda and graphite powder are powders with a very large surface area, and surfaces often catalyse chemical reactions.
To test the hypothesis, try a different powder with a large surface area such as talc or powdered clay.
Thanks, I will do a bit of testing. And thanks to Spiny for the videos.
stan101 said:
dv said:
BTW welcome back, don’t think I’ve seen you in a bit
Thank you. Not been around. But lurking occasionally. Working on myself to be a better person. Sorry for the delay. in replying.
At least you are doing well enough ro be able to post a reply. ;)
stan101 said:
dv said:
BTW welcome back, don’t think I’ve seen you in a bit
Thank you. Not been around. But lurking occasionally. Working on myself to be a better person.
Cool