The Periodic Table

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2:21 AM

I understand that the behavior of ideal gases deviates largely from that of real gases in terms of pressure exerted by the gas molecules on the container in which it is present, space available for each gas molecule to move, and other factors. I know the van der Waals equation includes the necess...

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Hot nitric acid (HNQ)

12:44 PM

Q: IUPAC Names for trihalomethanes

The drinking water section of the Massachusetts DEP mandates the electronic submission of analytical results. The compound Chlorodibromomethane must be entered when reporting just trihalomethanes and must be entered as Dibromochloromethane when reporting a full list of volatile organic compounds ...

nomenclature analytical-chemistry

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Mithoron

6:38 PM

@orthocresol Call me grumpy, but I'm not enthusiastic. Karsten needs to be brought up to speed. Learning curve may be pretty steep for him, even harder than it was for Buck.

While he he and Buck wanted well, their actions during elections weren't exactly well thought out

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orthocresol

8:45 PM

@Mithoron Oh, sure. There's always a learning curve. I also think some of those meta posts could have been delayed until post-election. But I think it's infinitely better than having the election cancelled, which seemed like a very realistic possibility.

Plus, of the remaining (older) mods, andselisk and Martin are as good as we're gonna get, imo. I'd be a lot more worried if they weren't staying on.

I could flatter myself into thinking I should've stayed on, but that's mostly arrogance, and there were enough reasons prompting my decision to step down anyway.

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uhoh

10:04 PM

Q: Why does titanium oxide around Betelgeuse produce this particular sawtooth-shaped absorption spectrum?

Betelgeuse Just Isn’t That Cool: Effective Temperature Alone Cannot Explain the Recent Dimming of Betelgeuse suggests that the recent dimming might be caused by increased optical absorption by dust around the star, based on a spectral analysis. Question: The images below show absorption feature...