[time-nuts] Maser manual

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Sep 2 06:52:16 UTC 2010


In message <20100902082809.fff6c994.attila at kinali.ch>, Attila Kinali writes:
>On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:37:36 -0700

>In one of the papers i've read (which i'm currently unable to find),
>they used a electrolysis of KOH with a purifier. I don't know about
>KOH but NaOH is quite easy to get in large quantities. The only prob
>with it might be to keep it from taking too much water in.

Normally you would use "glaubersalt", (NA2SO4 I belive) to increase
conductivity in small electrolysis setups, where you do not want
any aggressive chemicals.  If you are more tolerant, you simply add
a couple of drops of sulfuric acid.

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