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|    els to Jaimie Vandenbergh    |
|    Re: Potential torch drives    |
|    15 Feb 19 17:28:22    |
      From: els.dallas@gmail.com              On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 2:47:34 PM UTC-6, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:       > On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 11:44:34 -0800 (PST), els....@gmail.com wrote:       >       > >2 percent aqueous solution is 2 uranium tetrabromide (557.645 atomic mass       units) molecules per 100 h20 (18 atomic mass units) molecules.       >       > You are free to do a Humpty Dumpty and use existing words to mean whever       > you like, but if you wish to communicate - or base your calculations on       > something defined in the usual manner - then you probably shouldn't.       >       > This is a highly unorthodox usage of "percent solution".       >       > >Since you can't do simple math, I'll ignore the rest of your post.       >       > Feel free. I hear it is bliss.       >       > Cheers - Jaimie       > --       > I always wanted to be someone. I should have been more specific.       > -- Lily Tomlin              Maybe you should try reading Zubrin's paper: http://path-2.narod       ru/design/base_e/nswr.pdf              Because Zubrin states in the 2nd paragraph that his solution is 2 atoms of       uranium per 100 molecules of water. He apparently had the same chemistry       textbook as I did.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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