Goodtimes (Hive Addict) 05-19-03 03:21 No 434062				Layers with MM Wacker	Bookmark
						Interesting, a friend was discussing a problem he had with the MM wacker.  He has done this before, but couldn't remember that he ran into this problem.  He was up to washing with sodium bicarbonate.  Added the 500mls, shaked and waited for it to fallout of solution.  Then, 3 layers appeared.  Top- really oilly Middle- really sponge Bottom- black shit. I assume that the top and middle are the ones to get rid of.  But I did not remember that 3 layers formed as such.  If someone could reassue SWIM's fears, mucho appreciation. GT "The gods are too fond of a joke."  (Aristotle)
		Rhodium (Chief Bee) 05-19-03 04:09 No 434069				Diagnosis: You have an emulsion	Bookmark
						The middle layer is what is called an emulsion, which is a heterogenous mixture of both layers. To learn how to break the emulsion, UTFSE for "break AND emulsion" or "celite AND emulsion".