[Cdt-l] Water purification

[The Incredible Bulk]

I notice that one of the bottles, I believe the B bottle, may have a
less viscous chemical than A.  The drops literally pour out with
little finger pressure on the bottle.  I have added too much B a few
times due to this "problem."  I have learned to modulate the drop flow
now.

The Incredible Bulk

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:17 PM, R Smith <ronyon at comcast.net> wrote:
> I've been using Aquamira for about 15 years without incident, but then maybe
> I've just been lucky. One problem I did have was that one of my bottles
> developed a leak and proceeded to leak throughout my JMT hike last year.
> Fortunately I never completely ran out, but the stuff burned my hands and
> made a mess of one pack pocket. I'm almost sure the reason for the leak was
> from prying off the applicator caps in order to refill an old bottle from a
> new one. I did this to avoid having to carry full bottles. As a result of
> this bad experience I recommend leaving the bottles intact and not prying
> off the applicator caps.
>
> As for why one bottle empties faster than the other, one possible
> explanation might be that since the bottles contain different chemicals, the
> liquids have different surface tensions, producing different drop sizes,
> resulting in one bottle emptying first. (any chemists out there?) Anyone who
> is really curious and has time on their hands is welcome to test this out
> empirically.
>
> Ron
>
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