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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.   
      
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