On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:47:07 -0600 Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Not that it wasn't interesting. Thanks. Having had friends who worked in the semiconductor industry, I had heard of silane and germane and their extreme toxicity. Craig > On 13/11/2019 4:43 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:27:23 -0500 Dwight Giles via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> Probably more germain than germane. > > germane > > adj. > > Related to a matter at hand, especially to a subject under > > discussion. synonym: relevant. > > Closely akin; german. > > Hence Bearing a close relation; relevant; pertinent. > > > > > > Germane > > Germane is the chemical compound with the formula GeH4, and the > > germanium analogue of methane. It is the simplest germanium > > hydride and one of the most useful compounds of germanium. Like the > > related compounds silane and methane, germane is tetrahedral. It > > burns in air to produce GeO2 and water. Germane is a group 14 hydride. > > > > Germane is a highly flammable, potentially pyrophoric, and a > > highly toxic gas. In 1970, the American Conference of Governmental > > Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) published the latest changes and set the > > occupational exposure threshold limit value at 0.2 ppm for an > > 8-hour time weighted average. The LC50 for rats at 1 hour of exposure > > is 622 ppm [0.0622%]. > > > > > > Germain > > See also: germain and gèrmain > > Etymology A patronymic from a medieval given name, identical > > with the French one; or from an ethnic term for a German. > > > > > > germain > > English > > Adjective > > Obsolete form of germane. > > Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 > > edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and > > hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be > > significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be > > completely missing. (See the entry for germain in Webster’s Revised > > Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.) > > > > French > > Etymology 1 > > From Old French, borrowed from Latin germānus. > > Adjective > > germain (feminine singular germaine, masculine plural germains, > > feminine plural germaines) > > 1. german (having the same mother and father) > > > > Etymology 2 > > From Old French, borrowed from Latin Germānus. > > Adjective > > germain (feminine singular germaine, masculine plural germains, > > feminine plural germaines) > > 1. Germanic, German > > > > > > gèrmain > > Norman > > Etymology From Old French germain, borrowed from Latin > > germānus. Adjective > > gèrmain m > > 1. (Jersey) german > > Derived terms > > couôsîn gèrmain (“first cousin”) _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
