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as far as i know, many metals can bond with H to form a hydride

smell is just a property of chemicals. one can smell a compound without actually inhaling molecules of the compound. generally, compounds that have smells are volatile. CO2 rises, but there comes a point where it stops.

you just recognize the components in the compound

energy is everywhere...

not necessarily. perhaps we're on a different page. imagine this: we have a compound that is in liquid state at room temperature and decomposes at a temperature greater than 125 F. this compound decomposes to form two gases. of course, these two gases could combine to form the original reactant. now, imagine that we could find a compound that could catalyze the synthesis reaction. would that not yield an energy "profit"?

i know that. nothing creates energy...unless it's nuclear fission/fusion. the bond energy of H2O can be used, then H2O can be formed once more by energy from another source...that's what i was thinking of

Any ideas for how to make it work? Personally, I think that it would work if people at r&d could figure out a catalyst for the decomposition of H2O. does that make sense? if not, do you have any other suggestions? if so, any idea what the catalyst could be?

actually, last i checked, caffeine bonds to a protein receptor 1000x as fast as the hormone the acceptor usually should bond to. that hormone is one that makes one want to sleep. as a result, one is less inclined to sleep. another reason why caffeine isn't good to consume before exercise is the fact that it dehydrates you. sure, it helps at first, but after 3-5 minutes, it has quite a negative effect.

sure, in fact, you probably have synthesized quite a quantity of DNO3 and perhaps a bit of TNO3 in all your HNO3 syntheses. there's a deuterium isotope for every 6,000 protium atoms. again, the atomic mass doesn't effect bonding properties; you will be able to make HNO3, DNO3, TNO3, H2SO4, D2SO4,T2SO4, CH3COOH, CH3COOD, CH3COOT, CH2DCOOT, CHDTCOOH, etc etc. nuclear fusion of 2 deuterium atoms yields a neutron and He3. fusion of deuterium and tritium yields a neutron and He4. the half-lives of D and T are both quite long... no, there is no sane way to forcefully remove a neutron from deuterium or tritium.

oo thanks jgerlica

woah, i definately missed this thread when i joined. my friends all know me as "that crazy chemist" among other things. i like chemistry. i'm a sophomore in high school. i take chemistry. next year i'll be taking AP molecular biology. the fact that i won't be taking chemistry makes me sad. i'll be taking AP chem senior year. i intend to major in college in biochem or inorganic chem. i don't like capitalizing words. i do like using semicolons and other punctuation marks.

boiling point of deuterium=-249.49° C boiling point of tritium= i couldn't find it, but i could imagine it would be a bit higher than that of deuterium. i'm sure that deuterium and tritium can form hydrides; atomic mass doesn't change bonding properties.

well, we all know yt will never be stuck on an uninhabited island for long...

actually, H3O+ is hydronium, but i prefer calling H+ hydronium (which is also correct) because H+ is a bit more accurate. the reason for this is because i really dislike the term "hydrogen bond". there are van der waal's forces in action, but no actual bond.

actually, an element is defined as a substance composed of atoms having an identical number of protons in each nucleus. either way, it's quite irrelevant considering it's only the specifics of definitions. there is much more valuable knowledge to understand.

curses. hey, it's been a year

yeah, i hate where i live:(

ok i just found something, but it doesnt make any sense; it says that there's N, P2O5 and K2O

heh, i'll try to find it

yeah. it was HCl(g). in fact, when i opened the container, it released HCl(g). the solution was saturated from 25 years of slow evaporation of H2O. anyway, in response to yt's post: too bad i don't have the right equipment to trap the HNO3(g) because i may have considered trying that. plus, my parents are allowing me to use my lab downstairs only as long as i don't synthesize any deadly gases:\ to add to that, i can't find a nitrate source anyway; even at gardening stores all i could find was fertilizers containing K2O, P2O5 and some other nitrogen source (i forgot) but it had no O in it. in fact, it's impossible to find anything interesting around here; perhaps it's because i live about a mile away from a nuclear r&d lab.

just my own private experimentation. how could i obtain NaHSO4, and furthermore, how could i obtain NaOCl?

perhaps...but still, if anybody here ever makes NG, put wood chips on it. you very well may save your life.

actually, if you really want some U235, just go to the aral sea. there's an island in the middle of it and a land bridge that was formed over time. there's a little barbed wire fence between the mainland and the land bridge, but hey, nothing a pair of wire cutters can't handle. walk a short distance and you'll be on an island. if you go into the little building (perhaps there's a padlock) and dig about 6 feet you'll find a few nukes, some botulinum virus containing flasks, some sarin, vx, anthrax, as well as a few other biological agents. oh, and i forgot; be careful, because every so often 3-5 people guard the area. the above is sad but true. let the record stand that i am not a terrorist, nor do intend to help terrorists. let the record stand that i am urging you all to lobby for defense of such areas.

speaking of drinking things, if you're ever nitrating glycerin and you go into cardiac arrest, consume some of your product. sure, you'll get a massive headache and you won't feel your limbs for awhile, and you could just die from lack of O2 flowing throughout your body, but hey, it could work. say that to all the poor factory workers that got blown up before nobel realized that putting wood chips in the NG(l) would stabilize it.

it is; just find out how much u235 is left after a year and it should be directly proportional to the 50% in 710 million years figure. are you doing this yourself? if so, where are you getting/did you get the u235?