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To: meyer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrified_clay_pipe

Vitrified clay pipe (VCP) is pipe made from a blend of clay and shale that has been subjected to high temperature to achieve vitrification, a process which results in a hard, inert ceramic.

VCP is commonly used in gravity sewer collection mains because of its long life and resistance to almost all domestic and industrial sewage, particularly the sulfuric acid that is generated by hydrogen sulfide, a common component of sewage. Only hydrofluoric acid and highly concentrated caustic wastes are known to attack VCP. Such wastes would not be permitted to be discharged into a municipal sewage collection system without adequate pretreatment.


2,290 posted on 03/07/2017 8:39:08 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: abb

Thanks. To us pikers, it’s just plain ol’ clay pipe.


2,292 posted on 03/07/2017 9:01:12 AM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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