[NTG-context] Chemical reaction formulas
Dear list,
According to the information on contextgarden (section chemistry)
chemical reactions should be entered as follows:
\usemodule[chemic]
\startformula
\chemical{CaCO_3(s),+,HCl(g),->,CaCl(HCO_3)(s)}
\stopformula
That produces a formula with the comma's in it, so that's not good. If
I enter it as follows
\usemodule[chemic]
\startformula
\chemical{CaCO_3(s) + HCl(g) \rightarrow CaCl(HCO_3)(s)}
\stopformula
Then somehow after the \rightarrow the math/chemical environment is
lost and the remainder gets typeset as text. The same is true if I use
any math command such as \beta or \cdot.
The closest I get to the desired result is with the following:
\usemodule[chemic]
\startformula
\chemical{CaCO_3(s) + HCl(g) -->
CaCl(HCO_3)(s)}
\stopformula
But that is a bit of a compromise.
Regards, David van Diepen
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