ThomsonC

Indeed you did, but I'd still like a name for that putty like substance. Petty it's true, but Carbon/Sucrose residue doesn't give me any further information on the subject

Close, but not quite . Cleaning of lines containing chocolate is often done with a strong acid or base, we discovered a sticky mass in one of the lines. Whilst it's easy to solve to problem, we want to make certain that it's the root cause. I've searched long and hard for a chemical description, but to no avail, which I why I thought I would test the water of a message board. Cheers for your help.

Because it's a problem we're seeing in industry and we want to make sure that this is in fact what's happening. To do that I need to be able to look up literature on the subject, to do that I need to know the cursed putty's name. Simple as that .

Thanks for your reply, I'm after the name of the putty-like substance though. In the video I linked, the bloke says "Chemists call this substance ***". I'm lookiing for further literature on the putty like substance and so I need the name of the putty. Cheers, ThomsonC

Hi everyone, I wonder if I could tap the knowledge out there in the community: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-can-chocolate-stop-acid.html During the presentation above, chocolate is exposed to sulfuric acid from a leak in a sulphuric acid container, the resulting sticky brown putty plugs the leak. The sticky brown mass is named in the video, but I cannot make it out. Is anyone able to name the substance or point to any relevant literature on the subject? Much appreciated! Thomsonc