[NewCandle] crystallization weight change transients

[Keith Nagel]

Hey Nick,

Hmmm indeed.

You write:
>Yesterday, I stuck with the hyposulphite.  I added
>about 20 more grams of the material to the solution,
>and it still seems stable before triggering.

Keep on going 'till it's impossible to add more.

>Then I slapped myself.  I had made a bunch of tiny hot air balloons
>in the bubbles in the foam, right around the flask
>surface!  Agh.  Dumkopf.

Hardly! That's being smart. Dumb would be, "I discovered
the secret of antigravity!". Don't laugh, I know plenty
of net denizens who would do just that...

OK, reading your post over, the thought just occurred
that a better null might be the following.

Take an identical flask to the active one, fill with
the same volume of water, and add enough NaOH to
get the same temp rise as the hyposulphite. It ought
to be a pretty small amount, from my experience. 
That's about as close to the active condition as you
can get, without the phase change. Save some money,
and use ye olde Red Devil Lye.

K.