
it's described as Tetraamminediaquacopper, whatever that is, found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper
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but given the seriousness of the circumstances, I fear a custodial sentence is inevitable
/chemistry judiciary
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Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:08,
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/chemistry judiciary

/knee-jerk overreaction blog
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Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:20,
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but now I'm enraged to riot against our mysterious elemental oppressors of which I know not of their model form!
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Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:26,
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*wins appeal*
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Sat 13 Aug 2011, 13:03,
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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!"
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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!"

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."
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which smells of bitter almonds, but most people can't smell it until it is at a dangerously high level.
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Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:55,
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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.
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Sat 13 Aug 2011, 14:58,
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(Arsoles!)
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