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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread electrozone #105537 06/12/2003 11:30 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Here's one for you: My dentist, who enjoys learning, mentioned today that he'd come across a term that dated back to 1918 that he had never come across: electrozone. In an old dentistry text, it was noted that 'electrozone' was an ingredient that could remove malodorous scents from crowns. Problem is: my dentist had no idea what electrozone might have been--and Google hadn't helped me a bit. I assured him that someone here would ferret out electrozone. He did mention that 'zone' is related in chemistry to oxygen--and he suspected that electrozone might have been a kind of peroxide. Any takers? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: electrozone #105538 06/12/2003 11:42 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I can remember the first home movie projector I ever saw. When it ran, there was a peculiar chemica odor, apparently related to some arcing somewhere in its innards. The owner said it was ozone I was smelling. Maybe that is what was meant by "electrozone". Here's URL with a lot of information about ozone, scroll about a quarter of the way to D: which says no viruses of bacterian are resistant to ozone. So a dental crown that might be damaged by other agents could be sterilized with Ozone. I suspect it might also oxidize odor causing substancws. http://www.deltamarineozone.com/ozonefacts.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: electrozone #105539 06/13/2003 11:25 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Waterpic, who make water based electic 'flossing machined', also make a machine that used ozone purifided water to wash vegetables.. (for the parinoid!) http://www.waterpik.com/aquia/KitchenFeature.shtml and a huge ozone generator is used by NYC to clean water from the croton aquaduct, the city's oldest. the water is run throught sand and diazomized earth, and is perculated with ozone. that, plus a small shot of clorine is all that is needed- and only now, that the area around the reservoir is getting 'built up'. the new reserviors, (in more remote parts of NY) just need filtering and clorine. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: electrozone #105540 06/16/2003 5:25 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland diazomized earth - That's diatomaceous, just to reassure you that it is neither something artificial nor radioactive: It is silica earth formed from the skeletons of fossil algae. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: electrozone #105541 06/16/2003 12:44 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Diatomaceous earth is used for many things. I had forgotten its use to keep grain from spoiling, and as a pesticide. Because the particles are so very small, it is the best agent available for removing suspended matter in water. http://www.eap.mcgill.ca/Publications/eap4.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Diatomaceous earth #105542 06/28/2003 5:28 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Diatomaceous earth is used to filtre the water in swimming pools. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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