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Spirited-Holiday-127 t1_j91n9rs wrote

I don’t understand why someone other than the “professionals” can test the residue to see what it’s made of? There have to be some scientists amongst the population up there?

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darthduder666 OP t1_j91qnee wrote

It would have been interesting to test the pH of the rain with paper tests. While they’re not nearly as accurate as a calibrated pH meter, it could have given us an idea of the acidity of the rain water.

Rain water is typically in the 5.6 range. If it was more acidic and truly “acid rain” it would have been lower and around 4.

But yeah it would be nice if someone who has access to equipment capable of analyzing samples could tell us what the chemical content of the recent rainfall.

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Spirited-Holiday-127 t1_j92hlzu wrote

That would be super interesting to see! Maybe it will rain again soon and someone can at least use the strips to get some kind of info.

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