[NewCandle] Invasion of the Nanosquiddies

Horace Heffner hheffner at mtaonline.net
Thu Feb 5 22:42:53 EST 2009


On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Nick Reiter wrote:

>
> Hi Keith,
>
> Thanks for posting das pics.  Aluminocalimari.  Tomorrow will tell  
> more tales.  The hydrolysis bubbling has pretty much diminished to  
> zero, and in the AM, I will pull a foil roll, slice into it  
> laterally, and get some pics and EDS.  We will see if the squid  
> forms are now piled deep, or if the surface of the foil is eroded  
> with just the usual dendritic rough crystalline glaze of Al2O3.
>
> If the squid forms are gone or dissolved, then it will definitely  
> have to be an experiment I will closely monitor next time, probably  
> with a smaller sample size.
>
> n

Too bad you are not closer to the ocean.  Sea water may be a natural  
and cheap habitat for the little guys.

Best regards,

Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/







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