H2O2 shown as probable cause of rapid crashing "Medusa Stone"

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@GasGuy-QEG

I’m afraid I didn’t make my point very well. I’m not saying that our cleaning method is superior to any other method (except blasting the interior of the tank with high pressure steam, which causes as many problems as it resolves).

your point was that different folks clean their tanks in different ways…at least one of which you find “questionable”.

Some of us are information driven. asking IF you can share your tank cleaning procedure is NOT missing your point. it was a request for more data. a polite & reasonable one too.

@GasGuy-QEG

I was trying to illustrate that the medusa stone issue is very similar to the chalking issue

similar?

Medusa == stones that turn to chalk after forming appropriately
Chalking == Diamonds turning into chalk post separation

@GasGuy-QEG

nobody has compared a full-spectrum analysis of “good” hydrocarbon solvent to supposedly “bad” hydrocarbon solvent. Until that is done, the problem can only be theorized, not proven.

I would disagree. if you’ve got a list of hypotheticals, you can set up testable hypotheses. then you test them. one by one.

is it H₂O₂?

then someone NOT having an issue growing faceted stones simply needs to pour into two different containers as spike some with a little H₂O₂.

faster crash? Different morphology? do they chalk?

Neopentane? ethylene? Proplyene?
cool a jar and spike it, pour +/- added hydrocarbon suspect.

the only real caveat is that it requires a lab that (still) has their diamond game on point.

without the ability to produce decent sized, well faceted crystals, it’s non-trivial to add ingredients one by one to prove/rule out their involvement.

@Diamondalchemy

Labs that only focus on badder or sauce will never even know they have the issue other than some collection pot crash from time to time.