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From: Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Iron-Chromium Flow Battery Aims to Replace Gas Plants
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On 2014-06-12, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

> I say "typically" above because you can get iron to "burn", you just
> have to start with a large surface area (i.e., steel wool) and apply a
> fair amount of starting heat (use a torch), 

Just press the terminals of a PP3 (do Merkins call them that? The 9V battery
with 2 press terminals on the top) into a wad of "fluffed up" wire wool. It
burns quite well.

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