We're less than 200 posts from Natter 45. Shall we start the naming process?
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A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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Lee - Aug 01, 2006 3:52:57 pm PDT #6925 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
DXMachina - Aug 01, 2006 3:54:17 pm PDT #6926 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Only if you realize that it's going to be Natter 46, not 45.
Lee - Aug 01, 2006 3:55:44 pm PDT #6927 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
you mean I don't get to be Retro?
DXMachina - Aug 01, 2006 3:57:55 pm PDT #6928 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Retro is so Natter 44.
tommyrot - Aug 01, 2006 3:58:04 pm PDT #6929 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Natter 46: Palladium - Least Dense and Lowest Melting of the Platinum Group Metals
DXMachina - Aug 01, 2006 3:59:44 pm PDT #6930 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Natter 46: Palladium - Least Dense and Lowest Melting of the Platinum Group Metals
Actually, that would be Nickel.
tommyrot - Aug 01, 2006 4:02:01 pm PDT #6931 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, here's where I got that info: [link]
eta: According to that link, anyway, nickel is not in the platinum group metals.
tommyrot - Aug 01, 2006 4:05:52 pm PDT #6932 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Natter 46: Roimitalkes III of the Thracian Kingdom of Sapes - Murdered!
meara - Aug 01, 2006 4:09:57 pm PDT #6933 of 10001
Natter 46: CHEMISTRY SMACKDOWN!
I'm totally in!
DXMachina - Aug 01, 2006 4:10:22 pm PDT #6934 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
According to that link, anyway, nickel is not in the platinum group metals.
Huh. It ought to be. It's in the same column (which is Mendeleev's definition of a group) as palladium and platinum, and it's properties are very similar to the other two. (All three are used as hydrogenation catalysts, for example.)