From:	Spike spike1@*******.co.uk
Subject:	Chemistry Mixup (Re: Salty Chocolate Recipes (2 cups Sweaty Poo))
Date:	Thu, 8 Jun 2000 20:42:37 +0100 (BST)

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> Salt Water is anything but neutral. It's an ionized solution. I think you
> may have forgotten something somewhere along the line. Either that or I
> have, but I'm VERY certain that salt water isn't neutral. Hence the
> corrosive power of salt water in comparison to fresh water (about 4 times
> greater actually).
>

That's not an acidic reaction though. It's a electrolytic reaction.
(A very small electric current flows, freeing iron (or whatever) from the
surface and bonding oxygen to it.)

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