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   From: david@block.net   
      
   On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:51:12 +0100, Halmyre    
   wrote:   
      
   >In article , david@block.net   
   >says...   
   >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:02:07 -0500, pv+usenet@pobox.com (PV) wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >David Johnston  writes:   
   >> >>>Um, no. Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen, the same as tritium and   
   >> >>>protium.   
   >> >>   
   >> >>So...why do you say "no"?  As I said, deuterium is not an element.   
   >> >>That's because it's an isotope.   
   >> >   
   >> >WRONG! *   
   >>   
   >> I've seen the table of elements.  Deuterium ain't on it.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Does your table of elements differentiate between, say, Uranium-235 and   
   >Uranium-238?   
      
   No, but then Uranium 238 isn't an element either.  _Uranium_ is an   
   element.   
      
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