Originally Posted by
choddo
Wow. Didn’t know the chemical process was that quick.
also - the lack of exposure to air ref evaporation makes sense. I seem to have got away with my first boiling water experiment (can’t see inside the rollers of course but the chain looks pristine), might get hold of something hydrocarbon for next time.
Oh, you're telling me! I had a heck of a time keeping a film of rust off that pan before I could heat-blue it. Thin rust, removed with phosphoric acid cleaner, rinse, instantly rusted again.
Also, water can have some air in solution, which is how fish breath, they need water with air content. Boiling it takes it out of solution, at least according to my dad, who insisted on boiling water for his tea, he said it prevented foam on the surface, for that reason.