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   From: david@block.net   
      
   On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:13:55 -0000, "Basil Jet"   
    wrote:   
      
   >David Johnston wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >You seem to be suggesting that a mix of U235 and U238 is an element,   
      
   No, Uranium is an element.  It doesn't matter how you mix or separate   
   it.   
      
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