just add icing sugar .....
Using Rosate 36
Apr 23, 2015
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SBK or Ammonium Sulphamate "compost accelerator" work
Yes I like to aid composting of tree stumps in situ
Not doing very well with thunderbird Andy sorry for personal reply.
I said I too like to aid composting of tree stumps in situ.
Interesting So if you want to permanently poison e.g, a driveway, bleach should do it and it will decay to chlorate and salt. Boiling it first will decay it lot first.....
"Sodium hypochlorite is stable above pH 12 where the less reactive hypochlorite is predominant and hypochlorous acid is virtually non-existent.Decomposition is by Eq. 4 and 5.
4) 3 NaOCl => NaClO3 + 2 NaCl5) 2 NaOCl => O2 + 2 NaClEq.
4 is the major decomposition reaction forming chlorate (ClO3-) and chloride (Cl-). This reaction is temperature and concentration dependent; it is not catalytic. Eq. 5 is catalytic, forming oxygen (O2) and chloride. Trace metals such as nickel, cobalt and copper form metal oxides, which cause catalytic decomposition. Light also catalyses this reaction."
It was probably banned for very different reasons, like ammonia.
Of course it was, but one of these concerns may have become less important as times have changed over the years with 'plastic' as an alternative.
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