On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 05:28:09AM -0700, Ian Mallett wrote: > Just a bit on the water thing: > "Dihydrogen monoxide" is "technically" correct, but no one really uses > it. "Hydrogen oxide", "Hydrogen hydroxide", "Oxidane", "Hydroxic acid", > "Hydroxyl acid", "Hydronium hydroxide", and "Hydrohydroxic acid" are all > more common. However, even among chemists, the most common name for water > is "water". :-) > Ian
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