RE: NANFA-L-- Jedi Fishin'

Irate Mormon (archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net)
Mon, 23 May 2005 21:55:59 -0500

I never dared try sodium, but calcium was pretty fun, especially in the
school water fountain.

--
Martin

-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org [owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org] On Behalf Of Dean A. Markley Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 2:09 PM To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Jedi Fishin'

Sodium metal is pretty powrful too when tossed into a small pond as I found out as a teen. Of course that was my inspiration to become a chemist too!

Dean

-----Original Message----- From: EELReprah-in-aol.com Sent: May 23, 2005 9:13 AM To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Jedi Fishin'

In a message dated 5/23/05 8:28:40 AM, Moontanman-in-aol.com writes:

<< What? You've never fished with TNT aka dynamite? Plenty of "force" >>

As a chemist (retired) there should be some clarification. Dynamite is generally a mixture of an adsorbent (sawdust, for example) and nitroglycerin. TNT is an acronym for trinitrotoluene. Both are explosives but chemically different and TNT is more powerful.

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