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what is this white powder?
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i put a metal coated? wine stopper inside an empty red wine bottle for effect. we are moving house so did it to look homely! anyway, house sold now so removed stopper today and there was white powder at the bottom of the bottle and the stopper had white powder on it and it had made the metal start to disintegrate. what is the chemical process that has taken place here?
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I've got a few ideas but I need to know more about this wine stopper.
What did the metal look like originally?
Was the stopper spongy/compressible?
What size and shape was the stopper and how did you get it in the bottle?
Are you talking about the type of decorative stopper you can buy for wine bottles or some type of metallic stopper that came with the bottle?
What did the metal look like originally?
Was the stopper spongy/compressible?
What size and shape was the stopper and how did you get it in the bottle?
Are you talking about the type of decorative stopper you can buy for wine bottles or some type of metallic stopper that came with the bottle?
All this stuff is in my head. Latin and big words come naturally in my job. Besides, scientific journal publishers like complicated scientific phraseology at it makes an article look impressive.
I'm a science dean, professor of biochemistry and sit on the "board of management" at one of the most prestigious universities in the UK. I also work in a medical school and I'm a visiting professor at a couple of other universities as well as two ivy-league ones in the USA.
Sometimes, like today, the government requires my talents and I'm currently at one of their research establishments overseeing projects and acting as an advisor. I'm also sometimes to be seen on the telly.
In my time I've been a lecturer, reader and professor in biological sciences and held the same posts in chemistry in this country and the USA. Oh, I almost forgot - I've got degrees in biochemistry as well.
I won't list my qualifications. Suffice to say, the last time the rubber stamp salesman visited my department and offered one of his finest, gratis, I personally showed him the door.
I'm a science dean, professor of biochemistry and sit on the "board of management" at one of the most prestigious universities in the UK. I also work in a medical school and I'm a visiting professor at a couple of other universities as well as two ivy-league ones in the USA.
Sometimes, like today, the government requires my talents and I'm currently at one of their research establishments overseeing projects and acting as an advisor. I'm also sometimes to be seen on the telly.
In my time I've been a lecturer, reader and professor in biological sciences and held the same posts in chemistry in this country and the USA. Oh, I almost forgot - I've got degrees in biochemistry as well.
I won't list my qualifications. Suffice to say, the last time the rubber stamp salesman visited my department and offered one of his finest, gratis, I personally showed him the door.
I was on lunch - might as well do something on the laptop instead of sitting around twiddling my fingers.
I'm paid for working 9-5 each day in my government advisory capacity. Today, I've been in this research complex since 7.40am and I'll leave around 7.30pm. In other words, I'm working almost four hours free of charge for the taxpayer. I think I'm entitled "to sit about" for part of the time, don't you?
Incidentally, my university is also paying me for working today!
I'm paid for working 9-5 each day in my government advisory capacity. Today, I've been in this research complex since 7.40am and I'll leave around 7.30pm. In other words, I'm working almost four hours free of charge for the taxpayer. I think I'm entitled "to sit about" for part of the time, don't you?
Incidentally, my university is also paying me for working today!
Prof, take no notice of jofish's remark. Nice to have you here lunch time or not. My cousin by marriage is leading lecturer in Chemical Engineering in Dublin. Lovely, lovely man. He has lectured in the US quite a bit as well. It is always nice to get an answer from someone who is interesting and knows their stuff, so to say. Thanks.
Oxbridge and other UK university educated I may be but I'm far from being a pompous pedagog lacking a sense of humour. Believe me, I call a spade a spade most of the time but when the need arises you'd never guess I hadn't been to a major public school.
I've never had much time for pomposity and I realise that this attitude is a rarity amongst boffins as Bazile rightly implied - and I've met some right ones in my time. I use AB as a method of relaxation at my places of work, home and in transit between.
If I can disclose some of my knowledge to the general public when they need it without overwhelming them, I'm a happy man. The thanks I usually receive at the conclusion of a thread make it all worthwhile.
I've never had much time for pomposity and I realise that this attitude is a rarity amongst boffins as Bazile rightly implied - and I've met some right ones in my time. I use AB as a method of relaxation at my places of work, home and in transit between.
If I can disclose some of my knowledge to the general public when they need it without overwhelming them, I'm a happy man. The thanks I usually receive at the conclusion of a thread make it all worthwhile.
