From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V7 #423 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Wednesday, June 18 2008 Volume 07 : Number 423 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] CD Rot ["outbound-only email address" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] CD Rot Dan: >> The shrink wrap wasn't in contact with the CD, of course. I was wondering whether maybe the shrink wrap trapped something inside the package that would otherwise dissipate. But it sounds as if it was just a coincidence that the rot and the shrink wrapping went together. Thanks. - Dan << Good point - The plastic will definitely outgas stuff, and the shrinkwrap may trap some of it inside, but I'd still be surprised if it were enough to be the primary factor in a decade-ish timeframe. Do we have any real chemists in the house? I'm not one. ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V7 #423 *******************************