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« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2009, 12:07:07 AM »

Check out the rare isotope rap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677ZmPEFIXE

"Protons define the element, its chemistry..."

Um, isn't the chemistry of an element defined by its electronic structure?

At first I thought you were arguing that protons don't define the element...

Also, I never decided which element I was going to be for Halloween... Hmmm... Einsteinium might be easy if you didn't put the right amount of electrons on dressed like Einstein under your orbitals...
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« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2009, 12:09:19 AM »

Check out the rare isotope rap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677ZmPEFIXE

"Protons define the element, its chemistry..."

Um, isn't the chemistry of an element defined by its electronic structure?

At first I thought you were arguing that protons don't define the element...

Of course they don't.  The atomic number does.
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« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2009, 12:11:35 AM »

Check out the rare isotope rap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677ZmPEFIXE

"Protons define the element, its chemistry..."

Um, isn't the chemistry of an element defined by its electronic structure?

At first I thought you were arguing that protons don't define the element...

Of course they don't.  The atomic number does.
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Are you messing with me? I suck at chemistry but I thoughts protons = atomic number. My brain has gone into full bore dissertation rot.

Would you believe I had to look up the units of energy today on Wikipedia?
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« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2009, 12:13:13 AM »

Are you messing with me?

Moi?
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« Reply #19 on: November 01, 2009, 12:14:38 AM »


You are always so straightforward and serious that I know I should never doubt you.
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« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2009, 12:16:12 AM »

You are always so straightforward and serious that I know I should never doubt you.

Yet another forumite confuses me and LarryC.
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« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2009, 12:38:01 AM »

You are always so straightforward and serious that I know I should never doubt you.

Yet another forumite confuses me and LarryC.

Yes, you are the LarryC of geology.
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« Reply #22 on: November 01, 2009, 06:37:07 AM »

You are always so straightforward and serious that I know I should never doubt you.

Yet another forumite confuses me and LarryC.

Yes, you are the LarryC of geology.

And yet, this is a chemistry thread, isn't it?  I think of GH as the Spork of chemistry.

So is fluorine, but it's a halogen

Sorry, that's what's playing in the background to Blocky's great interest.
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« Reply #23 on: November 01, 2009, 08:46:22 AM »

You are always so straightforward and serious that I know I should never doubt you.

Yet another forumite confuses me and LarryC.

Yes, you are the LarryC of geology.

And yet, this is a chemistry thread, isn't it?  I think of GH as the Spork of chemistry.

So is fluorine, but it's a halogen

Sorry, that's what's playing in the background to Blocky's great interest.

You're exposing your child to chemistry?  Is that child abuse?
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« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2009, 08:48:30 AM »

You are always so straightforward and serious that I know I should never doubt you.

Yet another forumite confuses me and LarryC.

Yes, you are the LarryC of geology.

And yet, this is a chemistry thread, isn't it?  I think of GH as the Spork of chemistry.

So is fluorine, but it's a halogen

Sorry, that's what's playing in the background to Blocky's great interest.

You're exposing your child to chemistry?  Is that child abuse?
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« Reply #25 on: November 01, 2009, 08:52:44 AM »

You are always so straightforward and serious that I know I should never doubt you.

Yet another forumite confuses me and LarryC.

Yes, you are the LarryC of geology.

And yet, this is a chemistry thread, isn't it?  I think of GH as the Spork of chemistry.

So is fluorine, but it's a halogen

Sorry, that's what's playing in the background to Blocky's great interest.

You're exposing your child to chemistry?  Is that child abuse?

I figure I'm already down on the county's list for exposure to physics (he loves magnets) and botany (oh, what a great toy leaves are) so why not chemistry?
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