On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Bill Truesdell wrote:

> allen dick wrote:
> >>...and then a modified OA spray at 30% in syrup-in part,
> >
> > Frankly, it had not occurred to me that anyone could abuse SO, or place
> > himself in personal danger with it, but I guess I was wrong.
>
> A 30% solution of OA outdoes every treatment concentration that I have
> seen. I hope it was a 30% sugar syrup concentration, but based on the

I'd like to ask that people either spell out the name of the chemical
being used, or use a somewhat longer contracted form.  I assume that
Bill Truesdell and the original poster are both talking about Oxalic
Acid (OA), while Allen Dick is talking about Sucrose Octanoate (SO),
which are pretty hard to get confused with each other when they are
spelled out, but are easy to get mixed up when only 2-letter abbreviations
are used.  If abbreviations must be used, might I suggest something
like Ox. Acid and Suc. Oct., at least?

What with Oxalic Acid being highly corrosive and toxic, while Sucrose
Octanoate is much less so, it seems to me that we really need to put in
the little bit of effort to avoid getting them mixed up.  Otherwise,
somebody is likely to get their instructions mixed sometime, fill their
pump sprayer with Oxalic Acid when the instructions were for Sucrose
Octanoate, and gas themselves thoroughly.  Thanks.

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Tim Eisele
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