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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> >> Question: Does acetone disolve backup tape?
> >>
> >> Answer: Not very quickly.
> >
> > No, the answer is 'Yes'. :oP
> Question: Which one of us is currently soaking a backup tape in acetone?
> Which one of us, therefore, has the experimental data to backup their
> position?
You didn't ask how long it takes for it to dissolve. You only asked if
it dissolves.
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Warp wrote:
> You didn't ask how long it takes for it to dissolve. You only asked if
> it dissolves.
Yes, my mistake.
I implicitly meant "does it disolve faster than the polar icecaps?"
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
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> Warp wrote:
>
>> You didn't ask how long it takes for it to dissolve. You only asked if
>> it dissolves.
>
> Yes, my mistake.
>
> I implicitly meant "does it disolve faster than the polar icecaps?"
I doubt it... ;)
~Steve~
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St. wrote:
> Erm, no, but while you're doing this experiment, tell me what the backup
> tape is made of.
Wikipedia suggests it might be Mylar (i.e., polyethylene terephthalate).
I still don't know how to make it disolve though. So far we've tried:
- Acetone
- Hexane
- Butyle acetate
We don't have any other really cheap solvents in our lab...
Oh well, I guess I could try using mineral acid to disolve the iron
coating. :-S
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
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> St. wrote:
>
>> Erm, no, but while you're doing this experiment, tell me what the
>> backup tape is made of.
>
> Wikipedia suggests it might be Mylar (i.e., polyethylene terephthalate). I
> still don't know how to make it disolve though. So far we've tried:
>
> - Acetone
> - Hexane
> - Butyle acetate
>
> We don't have any other really cheap solvents in our lab...
>
> Oh well, I guess I could try using mineral acid to disolve the iron
> coating. :-S
Hmm, interesting that acetone isn't doing the job. I think what you
really need is Cellulose thinners.
~Steve~
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Invisible wrote:
> I implicitly meant "does it disolve faster than the polar icecaps?"
That's a moving target.
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> I still don't know how to make it disolve though. So far we've tried:
>
> - Acetone
> - Hexane
> - Butyle acetate
>
> We don't have any other really cheap solvents in our lab...
>
> Oh well, I guess I could try using mineral acid to disolve the iron
> coating. :-S
Just a quick question: *Why* would you want to dissolve it in the first place?
If it is only about rendering it unusable, how about a nice oscillating magnetic
field? Microwave oven? Using a strong hole punch axially on the spool to convert
it to confetti? Cutting the spool in two halves using a strong paper cutter? ...
Or is this a new attempt at data compression - dissolving the bits, to later
distill them into a concentrated powder? :P
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Invisible wrote:
> Question: Does acetone disolve backup tape?
Dip a Styrofoam cup into some acetone. Hours of fun.. fumy... fumy...
fuuuuuuunnnnnn... with a squishy (and fumy) ball of what was plastic
before. the fumes... they're quite intoxicating... aren't they?
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Invisible wrote:
> Wikipedia suggests it might be Mylar (i.e., polyethylene terephthalate).
> I still don't know how to make it disolve though. So far we've tried:
>
> - Acetone
> - Hexane
> - Butyle acetate
Slow day at the lab? XD
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clipka wrote:
> distill them into a concentrated powder? :P
<SNOOOOORT!> I'm so smart now!
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There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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