Posted by Jack (33.2.105.227) on July 28, 2000 at 14:00:01:
In Reply to: Heavy water posted by Bob P on July 28, 2000 at 13:14:21:
The point was rather simple.
We replaced the hydrogen with deuterium atoms and we still call it water. Heavy water is an example of this sort of labeling.
Anyone who confuses a molecule and an element and then has the nerve to pontificate pendantically needs to take some medication :-)
I am gonna call my therapist right now :-)
I blame Hub for all of this :-)
He has been snorting deuterium laced poppy seeds for years now :-)
I knew I shouldn't have responded to your post :-)
You have been in the mountains too long. And we all know what oxygen deprivation has done to your brain chemistry :-)