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Re[2]: Water as a HAZMAT
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Paul Meszaros <[log in to unmask]>
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Paul Meszaros <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 14 Oct 1997 08:43:50 PST
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     And, water, having a pH value exactly in the center of the acid and
     base spectrum, is neither one.


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Subject: Re: Water as a HAZMAT
Author:  [log in to unmask] at internet
Date:    10/14/97 12:17 AM


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
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