tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18120696.post114497577186733803..comments2023-11-07T18:31:23.400+08:00Comments on The Natterings of Nettie: Interesting shower readingNettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11477445525093254939noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18120696.post-1145086867115466152006-04-15T15:41:00.000+08:002006-04-15T15:41:00.000+08:00I wouldn't let Smerk hear that Acci, or you may fi...I wouldn't let Smerk hear that Acci, or you may find yourself sleeping on the couch come May!Nettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11477445525093254939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18120696.post-1145082011256959742006-04-15T14:20:00.000+08:002006-04-15T14:20:00.000+08:00I am here to please, Nettie. Especially to please...I am here to please, Nettie. Especially to please good lookin' young women. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18120696.post-1145078552088155692006-04-15T13:22:00.000+08:002006-04-15T13:22:00.000+08:00Acci, you are a gold mine of information, did you ...Acci, you are a gold mine of information, did you know that?Nettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11477445525093254939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18120696.post-1145076985902701912006-04-15T12:56:00.000+08:002006-04-15T12:56:00.000+08:00Ah, this brings back memories from my biochemistry...Ah, this brings back memories from my biochemistry days! Those were the days. . .mixing strange chemicals to see what colour they'd become, watching mixtures foam up and overflow and dissolve the tables, watching beakers emit huge clouds of violet corrosive smoke as everybody ran away screaming in agony. . .the memories, the memories. . .<BR/><BR/><I>Sodium Laureth Sulfate</I> -- detergent and foam-maker, long carbon-chain molecule with an oxygen thrown in and a sulphur with four oxygens on the end<BR/><BR/><I>Cocamidopropyl Bataine</I> -- another long carbon chain, it's used as a detergent and thickener, has amphoteric properties (so it won't irritate your skin)<BR/><BR/><I>Glycol Stearate</I> -- a type of fatty acid, yet another long carbon chain molecule, works as an emulsifier and emollient<BR/><BR/><I>Propylene Glycol</I> -- C3H8O2, works as a moisturiser or antifreeze, and also makes nice smoke in smoke machines<BR/><BR/><I>Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract</I> -- elderberry plant<BR/><BR/><I>Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Extract</I> -- chamomile plant<BR/><BR/><I>Retinyl Palmitate</I> -- Vitamin A<BR/><BR/><I>Tocopheryl Acetate</I> -- Vitamin E<BR/><BR/><I>Hyroxopropyl Methylcellulose</I> -- hydrophilic nonionic cellulose ether polymer<BR/><BR/><I>Citric Acid</I> -- weak acid and a preservative, also good for cleaning out piping when you don't want to work with nitric acid<BR/><BR/><I>Disodium EDTA</I> -- ah, my old friend ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid! Used as a chelating agent to temporarily bond with dangerous or unstable chemicals to make them more easy to handle or inactivate them. In your soap, though, it's probably a preservative or used to neutralise alkaline earth metals in the water.<BR/><BR/><I>Sodium Chloride</I> -- table salt, yum yum<BR/><BR/><I>Methychloroisothiazolinone</I> -- antibiotic/antifugal agent<BR/><BR/><I>Methylisothiazolinone</I> -- antibiotic/antifugal agentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18120696.post-1145070698342130292006-04-15T11:11:00.000+08:002006-04-15T11:11:00.000+08:00Sodium Lauryl (Laureth) Sulphate is a foaming agen...Sodium Lauryl (Laureth) Sulphate is a foaming agent. That's about all I know. Oh, and sodium chloride is salt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18120696.post-1145061134758112332006-04-15T08:32:00.000+08:002006-04-15T08:32:00.000+08:00Makes you wonder what all those things actually ar...Makes you wonder what all those things actually are... (Well, except for the water!)Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16205248193628125580noreply@blogger.com