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Subject:	Re: Water as a HAZMAT
From:	"John D. Alleyn-Day" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 1997 00:40:03 -0700
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Clifford E. Williams wrote:

>My chemistry teacher insisted on calling water hydrogen hydroxide.  Keep in
>mind that any chemical with a name ending in hydroxide is an acid.

No, any chemical ending in hydroxide is an alkali.  Except, of course, in
this case!  The name is quite reasonable, since water splits into hydrogen
ions and OH ions.

John D. Alleyn-Day
Alleyn-Day International
408-286-6421   408-286-6474 (Fax)
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