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   From: david@block.net   
      
   On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:38:55 -0000, Halmyre    
   wrote:   
      
   >In article , david@block.net   
   >says...   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >   
   >So what specific properties does U238 have that doesn't make it an element?   
      
   It has the same atomic number as any other kind of uranium.  If it was   
   an element, then it would have a different atomic number.   
      
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