Lesserson said:
...a guess that the Lugzonian is fairly cool in December and January...
Since it's the basement, near the furnace, and with all the hot water pipes running to and fro overhead, I wouldn't say cool. It's not warm, either. I would say cozy or just right. I can't wear a long sleeve shirt down there, put it that way. It's cooler near the brick foundation, of course, but even though there are no radiators down there, the furnace and the pipes provide heat throughout in "the middle." The jar was on a steel machinists chest about 3 feet from the ceiling (where the pipes run) and about a foot away from a wall. My extremely unscientific guess would be high 60's. The house, with steam radiators, is set to 68 during the day, 65 at night.
If someone reminds me, I will take a few readings of that spot come winter. Although I suspect your experiment might provide more control.
There are some oxides in a few cadmium formulas I found, I was surprised to see. Not much, though.
Do you recall the thread where Plombob reported the effects? I would like to review it, because from your verbal summary, it seems to match my own experiences.
Yup. See posts #9 through #23 or so,
here. Note that Don has never experienced any Evaporust effects, either, and he collects just as many cad-plated tools as me. I'm pretty sure he doesn't use a crock pot. Just a plastic bin, like me. He's in Northern California.
Maybe this deserves a separate thread with more data inputs.
And, not to cast doubt, but it's hard to verify that we're all identifying cadmium as cadmium. There are phosphates that appear soft and gray, like cadmium can sometimes appear.
