chemical warfare

[lcstorc]

LOL
Was that English?
Hmm may be time for me to go back to school if I want a reef tank. Never was any good at Chemistry.

[Woodstock]

Hummm... sounds like HNB is very volitile? Ohhh Mikey, are you getting bored with reefing? LOL~

[BoomerD]

Originally Posted by reefjitsu

I use dihydrogen monoxide to keep my aquarium healthy.

OMG, not DHMO!!

http://www.dhmo.org/

[boozeman]

I was watching a program where groups of people built sandcastles and the loser would get theirs blown up!!
maybe we could do something similar..can submit pictures and the reefer with the most aiptasia would get their tank blown up by boomer!!!

[lcstorc]

ROFL!!!!
Next months photo contest. Most aiptasia. Prize Boomer blows up tank,
I like that.

[Warnberg]

You guys probably shouldn't kid, someone might actually think you are serious and dump some wild chemical in their tank and then ask why everything is floating... remember we are in a society where they actually have to put warning labels on hot coffee....

[reefjitsu]

That is really an improper name for Water, suppose to be Hydrogen Oxide

I am well aware of the issues that some chemists have with the term, though some say water is an improper term also. To me Dihydrogen Monoxide is better as it tells exactly what is in the compound. I could go for dihydrogen oxide, but hydrogen oxide sounds like you are describing OH or hydroxide. Then there is hydrogen peroxide that should be called dihydrogen dioxide, but no, chemists have to come up with all these strange rules and forms. It makes keeping up with the rules for naming compounds harder than keeping up with all the archaic spelling and grammar rules for writing in English.
Most of all, I prefer DHMO because nobody knows I am talking about plain ole' water and thus they will fall for the link BoomerD posted.

[BoomerD]

Heh-Heh...I use that banner in my signature line on other sites...

[Boomer]

Dihydrogen oxide, yes me too

Dihydrogen Monoxide

Is a hoax name to scare people.

describing OH or hydroxide

It is at times called that, hydrogen hydroxide, HOH

Then there is hydrogen peroxide that should be called dihydrogen dioxide,

We have reasons for calling them what they are. No, it should not be called that


I might add that technically speaking water is not water/H20 most of the time Allot of it self ionizes to;

2 H2O ==> H3O+ + OH- and at times H30*(H20). This is what 100% pure water really is

And if there is any hydrolsis the you get stuff like
4 H2O ==> H5O2+ + H3O2-

say water is an improper term also

What does that name have to do with anything, it just means wet

[Boomer]

I like blowing stuff up but I'm not as good as I use to be At one time I was so good I could pack a bulls ass with just the right amount of explosives and blow off his flippin' horns without making his eyes water

[Charlie97L]

this thread is so inappropriate, it's not even funny.

oh wait, it IS funny.

speaking of incorrect names/forumulas...

duuude, if i use NOS on my reef tank will it make my fish go faster? cuz they're slow right now. all the fish look giggly.

duuuuuude.

[boozeman]

Originally Posted by Boomer

What does that name have to do with anything, it just means wet

unless its's heavy water

[Boomer]

D2O is just wetter


if i use NOS on my reef tank will it make my fish go faster

No, it will put them to sleep And if it gets out into the room you will be laughing allot If enough then you will fall asleep

[reefjitsu]

Then there is hydrogen peroxide that should be called dihydrogen dioxide,

We have reasons for calling them what they are. No, it should not be called that

Ah, yes, I am aware that there are reasons for calling them what they are, but are the reasons logical, or are they inconsistent, archaic and somewhat arbitrary. I lean toward the later, especially the inconsistent part.

CO is carbon oxide right? No, it is carbon monoxide.
Iron oxide has one Fe molecule and one O right? No, it has 2 Fe and 3 O's. If it is iron(III) oxide, that is. I could go on and on with this. It seems to me that the naming of binary chemical compounds could be made simpler by using a method that more accurately describes the compound and in a simpler and more consistent way.

I might add that technically speaking water is not water/H20 most of the time Allot of it self ionizes to;

2 H2O ==> H3O+ + OH- and at times H30*(H20). This is what 100% pure water really is

And if there is any hydrolsis the you get stuff like
4 H2O ==> H5O2+ + H3O2-

This is one of my favorite topics. I once gave a speech explaining this to a largely non-scientific audience, I never saw so many blank looks in my life. Even some of the science people looked at me like I just destroyed the one part of chemistry that they thought they understood.

[Boomer]

No jit I can not really disagree I'm just pickin' on yah

CO is carbon oxide right? No, it is carbon monoxide.

It is at times called carbon oxide


Changing the old organic naming to a better one like IUPAC, that has been done.

1,2,3,4,5,6-hexanitrobenzene, in stead of hexanitrobenzene or Isobutane now being called 2-methylpropane .

But when I'm showing some one a peice of Magnetite, Fe3O4, I do not want to be calling it Triiron quadraoxide either