fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year ago[OC] Acetone: A Threadlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·edit-21 year agoContext: acetone will dissolve ABS plastic. Drain pipes can be made out of ABS.
minus-squaremmddmm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoThe pipes are usually made of PVC. Several other components are still often made of ABS.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoIn my experience, household drain pipes are usually made out of PVC.
minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoTrue. I corrected the statement.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoI mean, PVC pipes are even more vulnerable to acetone than ABS ones, so I would’ve made a different correction (broadening the statement rather than narrowing it).
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Context: acetone will dissolve ABS plastic. Drain pipes can be made out of ABS.
The pipes are usually made of PVC. Several other components are still often made of ABS.
In my experience, household drain pipes are usually made out of PVC.
True. I corrected the statement.
I mean, PVC pipes are even more vulnerable to acetone than ABS ones, so I would’ve made a different correction (broadening the statement rather than narrowing it).