That's what a chemist would tend to call it. :D (I had a chemistry teacher who used that as a lesson in acid-base chemistry, pointing out that any other hydroxide, particuarly an alkali metal hydroxide, would be a base, and hydrogen bonded to most other things, particularly halogens, likewise tended to form an acid. I still sort of remember the orbital sequence -- 1s2, 2s2, 2p6 .. :)
On May 29, 2008, at 6:41 PM, John Horn wrote: > I know. That's what I was refering too, actually. > > - jmh > > > On 5/29/08, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The "warning" sites and e-mails are all about Dihydrogen Monoxide. >> Just >> going with the flow on that one.... >> >> Julia >> >> >> On Thu, 29 May 2008, John Horn wrote: >> >>> Isn't it more technically correct to refer to it as "Hydrogen >>> Hydroxide" seeing how it really should be HOH? I've always thought >>> that sounded nastier though I guess the other sounds more like CO. >>> >>> - jmh >>> >>> >>> On 5/26/08, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 23 May 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is Ice Cold Because Water Is A Polar Molecule? Maru >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, before our camping trip, I was instructed to label >>>> 2 bins >>>> for water. >>>> >>>> One was labeled "Dihydrogen Monoxide" and the other, "Water". >>>> >>>> At some point, I informed Dan that the Dihydrogen Monoxide bin >>>> was empty, >>>> but the Water bin had 6.5 gallons. >>>> >>>> Julia >>> "Correct morality can only be derived from what man is—not from what do-gooders and well-meaning Aunt Nellies would like him to be." -- Robert A. Heinlein _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
