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# Sorry but that's blatantly not elemental copper.
/chemistry police
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:04, archived)
# Sorry not a chemist
it's described as Tetraamminediaquacopper, whatever that is, found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:06, archived)
# Well, normally for a first offence, I would let you off with a caution
but given the seriousness of the circumstances, I fear a custodial sentence is inevitable

/chemistry judiciary
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:08, archived)
# well, you're just a periodic table of justice, aren't you
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:19, archived)
# 'Angings too good for em, at least take away her house!
/knee-jerk overreaction blog
(I helped save b3ta! Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:20, archived)
# Damn the injustice for not knowing my periodic table - Usually just get some tampax when the time comes
but now I'm enraged to riot against our mysterious elemental oppressors of which I know not of their model form!
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:26, archived)
# Mind telling me where the Jahn-Teller axis is in that coordination sphere?
*wins appeal*
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Aug 2011, 13:03, archived)
# I'm reading that line in my Inorganic prof's Kiwi accent
Win!
I remember him lecturing on symmetry of tridentate ligands in octahedral complexes. "There are two possible symmetries, mer and fac, but you have to watch how you say that!"
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:06, archived)
# We had an old chap for organometallic chemistry
who would present all sorts of compounds with little snippets like "this compound smells of freshly-cut grass, which is usually the last thing anyone who smells it comments upon."
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:20, archived)
# That's usually commented about cyanide
which smells of bitter almonds, but most people can't smell it until it is at a dangerously high level.
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:55, archived)
# I can't smell it.
I work with the stuff a fair bit as well. H2S is a dodgy one - when you can't smell it any more it's either a) dispersed and you're safe or b) at a concentration that means you're already going to die.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:58, archived)
# The smelliest lab at my university was the one working on novel bonding of pnictogens
(Arsoles!)
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 16:08, archived)
# It is at least appropriately coloured
A lovely deep blue, like the uniforms of our esteemed constabulary.
(I helped save b3ta! Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 21:20, archived)
# Let me ask Honey Badger how he feels about it :)
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:10, archived)
# It saddens me that I could name it before seeing it written down...
/inorganic chemistry blog.

Also got paper 27 accepted the other day, which was nice.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Aug 2011, 13:00, archived)
# Don't worry, brother, you're among friends
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 13:03, archived)
# Yay!
Put in a Marie Curie application the other day. 25% success rate, which is three times that of the Australian funding I'd also applied for.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Aug 2011, 13:05, archived)
# This is all rather bewildering
I'm just a lowly undergrad.
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 13:10, archived)
# Aha...
You may like this then: sotak.info/sci.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Aug 2011, 13:11, archived)
# All so true
Thanks and best wishes on your app!
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:10, archived)
# Ta!
There's another three for me to write in the coming fortnight. Mainly copy and paste, luckily.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:16, archived)
# Perhaps it is copper
and the Tetraamminediaqua is just his uniform
(I helped save b3ta! Photoshop Bitch 2014 edition, Sun 14 Aug 2011, 15:12, archived)