Natter 46: Palladium - Least Dense and Lowest Melting of the Platinum Group Metals
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
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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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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.
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.)
amych - Aug 01, 2006 4:25:33 pm PDT #6935 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Natter 46: Double Hydrogenation Catalysts on the Dime
brenda m - Aug 01, 2006 4:26:05 pm PDT #6936 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Natter 46: CHEMISTRY SMACKDOWN!
Got my vote.
tommyrot - Aug 01, 2006 5:01:52 pm PDT #6937 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.
From Wikipedia:
The six platinum metals are: ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum.
Take that, Nickel!
(Actually, I'm very rusty on my periodic table, so I'm just googling....)
libkitty - Aug 01, 2006 5:05:44 pm PDT #6938 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Natter 46: Roimitalkes III of the Thracian Kingdom of Sapes - Murdered!
I kind of like this one. But I'm weird that way.