Nitric acid wash

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Nitric acid wash

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Tried a nitric acid wash by putting several drops of 90% Nitric Acid in a small specimen of pond water. Most notably, it does not completely destroy or bleach chlorophyll.
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Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

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