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- From: jfw@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM (John F. Woods)
- Subject: Re: should be taken only on the advice of a physician
- Message-ID: <By35nF.9qz@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM>
- Organization: Misanthropes-R-Us
- References: <gerald.721942839@gerald> <69729@cup.portal.com> <1992Nov18.141202.12713@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> <1edpedINN2e8@rave.larc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:42:47 GMT
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- In <1edpedINN2e8@rave.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov18.141202.12713@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) writes:
- >> I presume that the
- >>sand (silicon dioxide) is there as a byproduct of the industrial process
- >>that produces and refines cyclamates.
- >Close. The silicon dioxide is there to prevent clump formation, and to
- >keep the mixture from sticking to the side of the mixing equipment in
- >higher humidities.
-
- Not close. The sand is in there because they aren't allowed to throw out
- in the trash the stuff they use to soak up the oil in their garage.
-