Hehe.

NEEERRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDS!

I chuckled.

face meet palm. palm, meet face.

/+1

From nerd's heart I +1 at thee!

first pun headline that made me crack up out loud.

/refuse to say LOL

I've never plussed one, but it's yourun.

/likes molality better
//slash

Avogadro must be pissed....

A chemistry teacher salutes you sir.

+6.02x10²³ for you, subby

Dubai Vol: +6.02x1023 for you, subby

You magnificent bastard.

+e to both

wooohooo thank god i just moved, else i would have to evacuate. No kidding that spill is about 1/2 mile as the crow flies from where i use to live. Talked with some friends who still live around there, they were allowed to go back home earlier, but they probally have had to leave again.

Any ways nothing to see here move along, it's not like this is the first time something like this has happend in lousiana.

I had those teeth removed a few years back, so I have no idea what you're talking about.

kAoTiC_7: I've never plussed one, but it's yourun.

/likes molality better
//slash

molality is the superior measurement, it doesn't change with temperature

and +1 subby

Whats that about someone dropping acid?

/Why run away.
//Come and play.

Awesome. I think I love you, subby.

Now if this headline had been submitted between 6:02am and 6:02pm on October 23rd I would have had a nerdgasm.

I laughed pretty hard, then felt a little bad.
Thank you.

Raging Thespian: Now if this headline had been submitted between 6:02am and 6:02pm on October 23rd I would have had a nerdgasm.

Happy Mole Day!

The PROBLEM was probably that train was labeled simply as "35%" and some undergrad got all pissed off trying to get between that and some "0.1 normal" stock solution they had to make at the next station.

/wishes they'd at least specify that it was weight percent
//wishes more that after however many years of playing with this stuff I'd remember how to convert without having to look anything up

Spew!
Spew!
Spew!

Why is it still called Muriatic acid when you buy it at Home Cheapo for cleaning concrete (or making meth)?

I came for the



jokes and was not disappointed.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

foxbrook78: Why is it still called Muriatic acid when you buy it at Home Cheapo for cleaning concrete (or making meth)?

The same reason that sodium carbonate is called soda ash and potassium carbonate is potash: lay people are idiots and fear change.

sinanju: If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

I lol'd.

/New one to me

foxbrook78: Why is it still called Muriatic acid when you buy it at Home Cheapo for cleaning concrete (or making meth)?

I think A) tradition (the home and garden folks never got a wrist-slap from IUPAC) and B) people don't get scared that you're selling big containers of muriatic acid, or putting muriatic acid in your public pool/water park to regulate the pH.

sinanju: If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Unless you're the stir-bar.

one of the most amazing headlines of the year to date.

+1 subby, take a bow.

Good one. We've got some funny submitters on fark today.

Thanks for making me laugh in a church while on my iPhone and having everyone look at me.

No, wait... It was a funeral.

/First class reserved

jimbodahobo: kAoTiC_7: I've never plussed one, but it's yourun.

/likes molality better
//slash

molality is the superior measurement, it doesn't change with temperature

and +1 subby

To be fair, it's also completely farkign useless for calculating equilibria and reaction rates, which is why almost no one ever uses it.

And not changing with temperature is really a handicap, since most of, you know, reality changes with temperature.

A plumber wrote to the Bureau of Standards saying that he had found hydrochloric acid good for cleaning out clogged drains. The Bureau wrote back," The efficacy of hydrochloric acid is indisputable but chlorine residue is incompatible with metallic permanence."

The plumber wrote back that he was glad that the Bureau agreed. The Bureau tried again, writing, "We cannot assume responsibility for the production of toxic and noxious residues with hydrochloric acid and suggest that you use an alternate procedure." The plumber again wrote back and said he was glad that the Bureau agreed with him.

Finally, the Bureau wrote to the plumber, "Don't use hydrochloric acid--it eats the hell out of the pipes."

I feel terrible after understanding that article.

/nerd
//did decently in chemistry
///likes physics because, on the elementary level, it's easy

Phunny!

That was a funny headline. Good job subby!

Jim_Callahan: jimbodahobo: kAoTiC_7: I've never plussed one, but it's yourun.

/likes molality better
//slash

molality is the superior measurement, it doesn't change with temperature

and +1 subby

To be fair, it's also completely farkign useless for calculating equilibria and reaction rates, which is why almost no one ever uses it.

And not changing with temperature is really a handicap, since most of, you know, reality changes with temperature.

I guess my professor that preached that was an idiot.

/as am I for listening

My favorite headline today! I lol'd.

Actually deleted from Wikipedia's entry on Hydrochloric acid:

As a highly corrosive liquid, hydrochloric acid should be handled only with appropriate safety precautions, but is highly tasty.

I came here to bask in the nerdglow, and I was not disappointed.

/toad_666 must've been *my* chem teacher...the name just fits so well.
//but she loved me on mole day

Amy No Acid approves:

Golf clap.

right across town from me.

A Sodium atom walks into a bar and says, "bartender I think I just lost an electron." The bartender responds, "are you sure?" The sodium atom replies, "I'm positive."

If only a train car full of sodium hydroxide leaked on the area.

jimbodahobo: sinanju: If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

I lol'd.

/New one to me

I also LOL'd.

Mo-larity really pumps my nads.

Headline of the year candidate! +1 subby!

mwolhowe: sinanju: If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Unless you're the stir-bar.

Or the flask

jimbodahobo: molality is the superior measurement, it doesn't change with temperature

It could change with temperature - Ksp is temperature dependent.