That's what happens when you get old ... and chemistry classes were over 50
years ago.
Thanks.
Wes
on 3/18/04 10:28 AM, Jon Wennerberg at jonw@up.net wrote:
> On Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 09:36 AM, W S Potter wrote:
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> <<< NO2 bottles >>>
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> Well, Wes, forgive me, but I gotta remind you that we (were supposed to
> have) learned in chemistry that nitrous oxide is N2O, and NO2 would be
> nitrogen dioxide.
>
> A couple of posts later in the same thread someone mentioned CO2,
> meaning Carbon Dioxide (he said it right, I'm just making a point
> here), and therefore C2O would be something along the lines of
> carbonous oxide, right?
>
> Yeah, I know -- pedantic, yet picky.
>
>> Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's 'way up north)
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