Is it any kind of oil? Or a special kind?
2007-08-05 12:23:07 · 2 answers · asked by Aliver 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Someone was asking me about it, and I didn't know. Plus the web wasn't all that helpful.
I think he has a minute amount of gold flakes and wanted to display them in a small bottle. And he heard somewhere that oil could be added to these bottles.
I didn't know, so that's why I asked! ^_^
2007-08-05 13:25:12 · update #1
I have a jar of gold leaf from Alaska. It has parafin oil in it.
2007-08-05 14:29:37 · answer #1 · answered by curious connie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why you'd add oil, but I can think of a couple of other things which you might add. One would be "surfactant," which is a substance that makes water "wetter" so that the water wets the gold flake surfaces better and ensures that the flakes won't float. Ordinary detergent is a good surfactant. Another thing that might possibly be useful is a "deflocculent," which helps keep small mineral flakes (usually clays) from clumping together.
2007-08-05 20:16:23 · answer #2 · answered by pegminer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋