Re: Idle Curiosity [was RE: NA2 with AFO

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Subject: Re: Idle Curiosity [was RE: NA2 with AFO
From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:33:35 -0500 (EST)
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006, Jeremy Moore wrote:

"Na2" is Sodium Chloroplatinate and "dichromate" is ammonium or
potassium dichromate--2 completely different chemicals.

What piqued my curiosity, Jeremy, was that to the layperson (and even a chem grad I consulted) Na2 means 2 molecules sodium, or like that. Is that some kind of shorthand used by platinum printers?

J.

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- Re: Idle Curiosity [was RE: NA2 with AFO
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- RE: NA2 with AFO
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- Idle Curiosity [was RE: NA2 with AFO
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- Re: Idle Curiosity [was RE: NA2 with AFO
  - From: Jeremy Moore <jeremydmoore@gmail.com>