Pay attention! Lithium FLOATS in kerosine. Jay Young Like I already said, ask the lithium supplier. On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:06:22 -0400 Mike Lononwrites: > At 05:02 PM 8/31/2005 -0700, you wrote: > >Can anyone advise what a good organic immersant is for lithium > (specific > >gravity = 0.534)? > > I'm sure there's something better out there, but Kerosene is popular > for > metallic lithium, sodium, potassium... because it doesn't absorb > water, > isn't extremely flammable and is oily enough to coat the chunks and > prevent > contact with water vapor in the air. > Yet, it can be cleaned off fairly easily when you want to use the > metal. > >
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