Re: Smoke Sticks

[magnum8@banet.net]

A chrome plated (easily deconned) smoke gun and small cans of zinc stearate can
be purchased through McMaster-Carr. Remember to request MSDS on the P.O. Some
power reactor Chemistry depts. have initial mis-givings. However, I've always
managed to get it approved (five or six different sites).

Representing myself,

Chris Wend, contract Rad Engr.


Ching, Jeff wrote:

> In my former life at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, we used zinc stearate
> powder to test air flow patterns.  A special smoke gun was used (I don't
> recall the manufacturer's name).  The powder was non-toxic and ok for use in
> open primary systems.
>
> Jeff Ching      [ching.jeff@email.mcclellan.af.mil]
> McClellan Nuclear Radiation center
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