Citric Acid Pickle Question

[Blue HeelerParticipant @blueheeler]

G'day all,

Would a Citric Acid Pickle solution in an open bucket be just the same as saltwater ie only the water will evaporate?

[Blue HeelerParticipant @blueheeler]

[PeroParticipant @pero]

You will lose a little through evaporation. Quick test – if you can smell it, then there is some present in the evaporating water – the stronger the smell the more acid that is present in the vapour. However the human nose is quite sensitive and it takes relatively few molecules for the brain to register its presence.

In this instance the bulk of the acid will slowly concentrate in the reducing water volume.

Pero

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

AND don't have the pickle in your workshop – how did I know that !!!

Rusty Miller

[Simon CollierParticipant @simoncollier74340]

Citric acid grows bugs unless you take measures, like putting a bit of bleach in it. I use it for small brass fittings in the workshop but for anything larger, it goes in the sulphuric outside the workshop. I make fresh small amounts of citric if it has been more than a few days. The real nightmare in the workshop is HCl, as in Bakers fluid.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Check anything in the bucket every day, every single day, or things can quickly go too far. Don't ask!

[larry phelan 1Participant @larryphelan1]

Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble ??

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