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  • Babbling about chemistry (Was: Unsettling bash tutorial)

    From Kenny McCormack@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 19, 2026 20:19:10
    In article <n230crFa0oqU6@mid.individual.net>,
    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:59:20 -0400, c186282 wrote:

    Actually it's a concentrated ferrous chloride solution with a little
    hydrochloric acid added.

    Brain spasm. Rust wouldn't do much. I didn't add the HCL.

    Thread title fixed. Please, no more about bash, but this has nothing to do with bash.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 19, 2026 20:47:08
    On 19/03/2026 20:19, Kenny McCormack wrote:
    In article <n230crFa0oqU6@mid.individual.net>,
    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:59:20 -0400, c186282 wrote:

    Actually it's a concentrated ferrous chloride solution with a little >>> hydrochloric acid added.

    Brain spasm. Rust wouldn't do much. I didn't add the HCL.

    Thread title fixed. Please, no more about bash, but this has nothing to do with bash.

    I am sure given enough time, one could construct such a relevance :-)


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    battle dance and dream of glory ? The good of dead warriors, Mother, is
    that they are dead.
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  • From c186282@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, March 19, 2026 23:21:54
    On 3/19/26 16:19, Kenny McCormack wrote:
    In article <n230crFa0oqU6@mid.individual.net>,
    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:59:20 -0400, c186282 wrote:

    Actually it's a concentrated ferrous chloride solution with a little >>> hydrochloric acid added.

    Brain spasm. Rust wouldn't do much. I didn't add the HCL.

    Thread title fixed. Please, no more about bash, but this has nothing to do with bash.


    Use Bash to write a little chem-calc app ! :-)

    Note that this little subthread IS relevant
    however ... electronics. Unless you plan to
    use a Babbage engine, all yer computers
    will be electronic.

    DID make a small error ... it's FERRIC chloride,
    not ferrous.


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  • From Janis Papanagnou@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 20, 2026 05:13:41
    On 2026-03-20 04:21, c186282 wrote:

    ÿ DID make a small error ... it's FERRIC chloride,
    ÿ not ferrous.

    There could have been worse errors, I'd guess;
    like using "ferocious" or "feral".

    Janis


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  • From Charlie Gibbs@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 20, 2026 07:09:18
    On 2026-03-20, Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:

    On 2026-03-20 04:21, c186282 wrote:

    ÿ DID make a small error ... it's FERRIC chloride,
    ÿ not ferrous.

    There could have been worse errors, I'd guess;
    like using "ferocious" or "feral".

    Ferrocious?

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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 20, 2026 07:21:50
    On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:09:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

    Ferrocious?

    In high school I was taught to call it iron (II) chloride or iron
    (III) chloride, depending.

    IUPAC, and all that ...

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  • From Janis Papanagnou@3:633/10 to All on Friday, March 20, 2026 12:19:36
    On 2026-03-20 08:21, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:

    In high school I was taught to call it iron (II) chloride or iron
    (III) chloride, depending.

    IUPAC, and all that ...

    With the advantage that it's not only more consistent a nomenclature
    but that it's also better understandable across different languages.[*]

    Janis

    [*] Eisen(II)-chlorid and Eisen(III)-chlorid, for example, in German.


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