The Last Post Game!!!!

[Swatopluk]

A simple method for creating heat is the dilution of concentrated sulphuric acid.
Typical event in the lab for first term students of chemistry:
1. Student puts water in test tube
2. Student pours a few drops of conc. H₂SO₄ into same test tube
3. Student cries "Ouch!"
4. Test tube hits floor and shatters

While working on my diploma we had the problem to get rid of a very old bottle of said fluid. That required diluting the contents but even one drop of water every 30 seconds turned out to be too much. The solution we got from a book was to dilute the water-free acid with concentrated, then the result with less concentrated and so forth. We were tempted to simply throw the bottle into the canal behind the house.

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[Pachyderm]

I've got it back, and it's too cold. So I'm taking it to Guadalahara.

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[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

A simple method for creating heat is the dilution of concentrated sulphuric acid.
Typical event in the lab for first term students of chemistry:
1. Student puts water in test tube
2. Student pours a few drops of conc. H₂SO₄ into same test tube
3. Student cries "Ouch!"
4. Test tube hits floor and shatters

While working on my diploma we had the problem to get rid of a very old bottle of said fluid. That required diluting the contents but even one drop of water every 30 seconds turned out to be too much. The solution we got from a book was to dilute the water-free acid with concentrated, then the result with less concentrated and so forth. We were tempted to simply throw the bottle into the canal behind the house.

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Had that experience (getting rid of concentrated acids).   Dumped it (gradually) into kitty litter, which contained clay, which was mostly composed of calcium carbonate.  Which reacted with the acid, rendering it to inert salts.  Buried the result, in the end, but it was not reactive any more.

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[Swatopluk]

If it's green and wiggles, it's biology
If it's stinks and explodes, it's chemistry
If it does not work, it's physics

Also:
Theory: It doesn't work but we know exactly why
Practice: It works but we don't have the faintest idea why
We have been able to combine theory and practice: It doesn't work and we don't know why

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[Sibling Chatty]

Universal rules of repair:

If it don't move an' it 'sposta, use WD-40.

If it moves and it ain't 'sposta, use duct tape.

If'n you don' know what it 'sposta do, paint it with spray on primer.

You are now eligible to be a handyman in most Gulf Coast states, as well as Oklahoma, Arkansas and parts of Tennessee. (And Kentucky.)

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Ooops, forgot Kentucky.

[Aggie]

Rule-of-thumb for 'applied chemistry' - if you can see it, the shrapnel can hit you.



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PS - how long ago did the clues for nicotine come up?  That should have been easy for me...

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

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[Sibling Chatty]

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_{You know you're losing it when you can't find a cell phone that's in your pocket...}

[Swatopluk]

Well LPWB seemed to be dead for several months now (and guess the movie and quizzy quizzes) lie dormant too.

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[Griffin NoName]

MB won't be aroun for a bit so I'll put a new word in the Bingo bin.

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[Griffin NoName]

New word in.

Can be read or emptied.

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[Swatopluk]

That must be the papers in the dustbin

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[Griffin NoName]

Almost got it in one.

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[Swatopluk]

"A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, which is usually made out of metal or plastic. Common terms are dustbin, rubbish bin, litter bin, garbage can, trash can, trash bin, trash barrel, and rubbish barrel; the word can generally refers to a container made out of metal." to quote wikipedia

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[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Someone inadvertantly won over in another thread.  Was talking about stuff teenage girls buy at the Dollar Store.  I'll give no more hints than that.

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