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[chalsall]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

May I suggest you peddle that sort of counterfactual rubbish over at Daily Kos?

Just to drill down on this a bit further...

Have you ever worked with oxyacetylene welding kit? Serious stuff.

Four hydrogen atoms; two carbon atoms. Skinny as heck. Loves oxygen.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Or, perhaps, here...

It is simple to make a very bad gas anywhere consumer products are available.

Mixing chlorine bleach with vinegar is a really bad idea, for example....

Bleach plus household ammonia can be deadly.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by kladner

Bleach plus household ammonia can be deadly.

Please forgive me for this, but do you know why?

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Please forgive me for this, but do you know why?

Since no one seems to be comfortable speaking to this, may I please present an authoritative statement?

In some ways this is unreasonable, since the chlorine around a pool is probably greater than what could be achieved by an attack.

But, this is where we find ourselves...

I look forward to responses....

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Please forgive me for this, but do you know why?

Now I am reminded of the chemical details:
https://www.thoughtco.com/bleach-and...eaction-609280

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by kladner

Now I am reminded of the chemical details:
https://www.thoughtco.com/bleach-and...eaction-609280

Weren't you taught this is high school?

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Weren't you taught this is high school?

I was taught it at my mother's knee, as it were. She was an industrial chemist during WWII. (Metallurgy. Hughes Tool.) Lost her job when the men came back from war. I did not remember the particular products.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by kladner

I was taught it at my mother's knee, as it were. She was an industrial chemist during WWII. (Metallurgy. Hughes Tool.) Lost her job when the men came back from war. I did not remember the particular products.

Please forgive me for that. No offence meant.

Chemistry will be one of the first things replaced by AI, just after truck drivers.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by kladner

I was taught it at my mother's knee, as it were. She was an industrial chemist during WWII. (Metallurgy. Hughes Tool.) Lost her job when the men came back from war. I did not remember the particular products.

I resonate somewhat with this.

I was allowed to play with matches as a child. Starting fires with surfer. Lot of fun for all.

I once compressed several matches into a "bolt bomb" which worked so well I almost blew my eyes out.

To this day I have shrapnel in my eyes, which disallows me from having an MRI.

"My goodness!", they say, "that almost went all the way through your cornea!".

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Please forgive me for that. No offence meant.

Chemistry will be one of the first things replaced by AI, just after truck drivers.

None taken.
I did some pretty crazy stuff with the chemistry set they gave me. The supply of calcium carbide I got my Dad to get for me was endless fun, too.

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Have you ever worked with oxyacetylene welding kit? Serious stuff.

Four hydrogen atoms; two carbon atoms. Skinny as heck. Loves oxygen.

Surprised that no one else mentioned that this is blatantly false. C₂H₂ is the gas in question. All of that extra energy comes from the triple bond. C₂H₄ does not yield as much energy as C₂H₂, per mole.

Back to Chem 101 for you.