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Ryan Jordan
( ryan - BPL STAFF - M )

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Re: MELTING SNOW: adding snow... on 11/15/2005 14:38:22 MST Print View

>> How exactly is "add enough snow for 1.5L of water" done?

Yes, Tony, basically that's how it's done. Usually step (5) cover is between steps 2 and 3, though. I usually only pull off the lid once during the addition process.

Were the system components at ambient at the start of the test? Yes.