fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 days ago[OC] Acetone: A Threadlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1421arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·edit-22 days agoContext: acetone will dissolve ABS plastic. Drain pipes can be made out of ABS.
minus-squaremmddmm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 days agoThe pipes are usually made of PVC. Several other components are still often made of ABS.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoIn my experience, household drain pipes are usually made out of PVC.
minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoTrue. I corrected the statement.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days 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).