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2004-11-11, 7:59 PM #1
Transcript of a MSN conversation that I am having with someone who *thinks* she knows what she is talking about on the subject of chemistry...

Quote:
Kyle says:
you know what's really funny? how nitrogen is supposed to be an "inert gas" and yet all high explosives are based on nitrogen

B says:
nitrogen is not an inert gas

Kyle says:
sorry, "non-reactive"

B says:
what are you talking about

Kyle says:
plus, noble gas != inert gas

Kyle says:
im talking about how nitrogen is non-reactive, and yet all high explosives are nitrogen-based

Kyle says:
i thought that was pretty clear

B says:
it is highly electronegative

Kyle says:
in its monatomic form, sure

B says:
hydrogen nitrogen bond is very very strong

B says:
it is hydrogen bond!

Kyle says:
but N2 is pretty inert, wouldn't you say?

B says:
no

Kyle says:
...

B says:
it's poisonous

B says:
therefore not nonreactive

Kyle says:
riiiiiight....

Kyle says:
and that's why it comprises 75% of the atmosphere...

B says:
?

B says:
wait, isn't nitrogen gas brown?
Stuff
2004-11-11, 8:02 PM #2
:D
2004-11-11, 8:03 PM #3
O_o
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2004-11-11, 8:11 PM #4
I don't get this. Do you get any of this?
2004-11-11, 9:05 PM #5
I failed chemistry..Thanks for reminding me :(
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2004-11-11, 9:11 PM #6
Haha, I love the end. :D
2004-11-11, 9:12 PM #7
Hmm... I have one thing to say to this right now, possibly more later:

LOL.

She was lost on the subject from the beginning!
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2004-11-11, 9:38 PM #8
hehehe
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2004-11-11, 9:41 PM #9
Offer her a vial of Chlorine gas and tell her to inhale deeply.

Problem solved.
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2004-11-11, 9:42 PM #10
This brings me to the question why nitrogen gas would be, all of a sudden, a conversational topic? :confused:
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2004-11-11, 9:57 PM #11
Quote:
Originally posted by Echoman
This brings me to the question why nitrogen gas would be, all of a sudden, a conversational topic? :confused:


You've obviously never had a conversation with me. ;)
Stuff
2004-11-11, 10:05 PM #12
Stupid smart people with your "science". You're all witches.
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2004-11-11, 11:19 PM #13
Quote:
Originally posted by JediGandalf
Offer her a vial of Chlorine gas and tell her to inhale deeply.

Problem solved.


Even better, mix it with some amonia.
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2004-11-11, 11:30 PM #14
No offense but while I was reading that, I was thinking "NERD TALK!!! MUST... RUN... AWAY!!!" and then my head exploded.
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2004-11-11, 11:33 PM #15
and he still managed to reflexively post here, since his body muscles know the movements so well.
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2004-11-11, 11:53 PM #16
Quote:
Originally posted by Avenger
Even better, mix it with some amonia.

Chlorine is the result.

2NaOCl + 2NH3 --> 2NaONH3 + Cl2
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2004-11-12, 12:05 AM #17
Quote:
Originally posted by JediGandalf
Chlorine is the result.

2NaOCl + 2NH3 --> 2NaONH3 + Cl2


See? Irrafutable evidence.
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2004-11-12, 12:47 AM #18
Quote:
Originally posted by Echoman
This brings me to the question why nitrogen gas would be, all of a sudden, a conversational topic? :confused:


Nitrogen is the new methane.
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2004-11-12, 12:54 AM #19
It's funny because neither of you have any idea what you're talking about.

Oh, and scientists have been able to create artificial reactions involving inert gases. That's why they aren't called inert anymore. :eng101:
2004-11-12, 1:45 AM #20
You're never gonna get her in the sack with those kind of pick-ups.
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2004-11-12, 2:09 AM #21
The role of nitrogen in "high explosives" is often just to store oxygen. It's in an oxidized form NO3. It's only unstable enough to turn the oxygen over to carbon in the explosive, like in Nitroglycerine or Trinitrotoluene (TNT) (familiar names for everybody, I trust), and many other explosives, like your old good buddy Gunpowder, which contains potassium nitrate, KNO3, for the oxygen and Charcoal for "fuel", unoxidized carbon, that is.

As you all know, for an explosive to be effective, it must contain in its own composition the oxygen it needs. Gettin the oxygen from the surrounding atmosphere is far too slow, and would only result in burning, not an explosion.
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2004-11-12, 4:47 AM #22
Wow.. if you honestly didn't understand that, you need to finish highschool. badly.
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2004-11-12, 5:17 AM #23
Quote:
Originally posted by SavageX378
No offense but while I was reading that, I was thinking "NERD TALK!!! MUST... RUN... AWAY!!!" and then my head exploded.


I agree, isn't there anything better you guys could have spent Thrusday night talking about.
2004-11-12, 5:26 AM #24
AS I had said, she was lost on the subject, from the moment you lied aboiut "all high explosives are based on nitrogen." She'd never make it in such a geeky world as Massassi, where we all know (or should, that is) that the primary element for fueling massive bombs is alluminum.
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2004-11-12, 5:38 AM #25
Haha, what a great place Massassi is... No matter how much you think you know, there's always someone here who thinks they know more....

As far as aluminum goes; yes, I realize that high explosives can be something other than nitrogen based (especially those lovely fuel-air bombs), but I wanted to talk about nitrogen.

As for why I wanted to talk about nitrogen, well... that's a question that I don't think will ever be answered (only because I have no idea why I would suddenly start talking about random elements).
Stuff
2004-11-12, 6:12 AM #26
I don't think anybody has mentioned this before, but I did want to say that Kyle was right about at least one thing. Nitrogen, (N2 form), does comprise a majority of the atmospheric composition. It is reactive as you thought, and the brown gas is Nitrogen oxide. NO2 I believe. Just an FYI
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2004-11-12, 6:50 AM #27
Quote:
Originally posted by kyle90
Haha, what a great place Massassi is... No matter how much you think you know, there's always someone here who thinks they know more....

As far as aluminum goes; yes, I realize that high explosives can be something other than nitrogen based (especially those lovely fuel-air bombs), but I wanted to talk about nitrogen.

As for why I wanted to talk about nitrogen, well... that's a question that I don't think will ever be answered (only because I have no idea why I would suddenly start talking about random elements).

The BLU-82B "Daisy Cutter" and [url=www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/moab.pdf]MOAB[/url] are not fuel-air bombs; they have their own oxider contained within them, and a primary active element of their fuel is alluminum, which I believe is more present than the level of Nitrogen used. (and the nitrogen alone is worthless, and only useful when combined to make compounds such as the TNT in the MOAB, or the Ammonium Nitrate in the MOAB, whereas both contain fairly pure alluminum) Also note that apparently from the first link, EBay has daisy cutters for sale. :D

[edit: I'm not trying to say you are completely wrong in everything you said, but I am correcting you in claiming that high explosives are based on Nitrogen. Rather, high explosives have a nitrogen-containing compound as a key material for the fuel.]
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2004-11-12, 8:21 PM #28
Quote:
Originally posted by Flexor
Wow.. if you honestly didn't understand that, you need to finish highschool. badly.


You need to be shot in the face. badly.
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2004-11-12, 8:43 PM #29
Quote:
Originally posted by SavageX378
You need to be shot in the face. badly.


No. Flexor wins. You need to finish high school.
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2004-11-12, 9:10 PM #30
Quote:
Originally posted by Bill
No. Flexor wins. You need to finish high school.


Umm... I'm in my third year of college, I have you know.
The cake is a lie... THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!!!
2004-11-12, 9:19 PM #31
Quote:
Originally posted by SavageX378
Umm... I'm in my third year of college, I have you know.


That says alot about the college you're going to.
>>untie shoes
2004-11-12, 9:30 PM #32
So much impotent rage.
2004-11-12, 9:33 PM #33
Ha ha, Wuss said impotent. My ear itches on the inside.
2004-11-12, 9:36 PM #34
Quote:
Originally posted by Thrawn42689
Ha ha, Wuss said impotent. My ear itches on the inside.


I am SO genuinely confused.
>>untie shoes
2004-11-12, 9:40 PM #35
Bill, I don't see why we feel you need to flame me. Clearly what I said to Flexor was a joke, in case you missed it.
The cake is a lie... THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!!!
2004-11-12, 9:44 PM #36
In reality I'm just kind of messing with you.
>>untie shoes
2004-11-12, 10:50 PM #37
Quote:
Originally posted by Jon`C
It's funny because neither of you have any idea what you're talking about.

Oh, and scientists have been able to create artificial reactions involving inert gases. That's why they aren't called inert anymore. :eng101:

XeF6 comes to mind (Xenon Hexafloride)
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2004-11-12, 10:52 PM #38
Quote:
Originally posted by Bill
I am SO genuinely confused.


That's because your brain fell out.
2004-11-13, 6:30 AM #39
Quote:
Originally posted by SavageX378
No offense but while I was reading that, I was thinking "NERD TALK!!! MUST... RUN... AWAY!!!" and then my head exploded.


cool Dude, thats totaly psychedalic...wait a minute Dude! Lets bring your soul back with positive vibrations man! Maybe we can bring you back, dude! I mean, Peace rocks dude. With peace love and happines we can solve all man. Come on dudes. Fill your life with positive vibrations and bring our, Sava-ship-a-thingy back to the world. Wait!!! you cant be dead man, because you cant type when youre dead...haha dude!!! You almost tricked me...but you never will...DUH!!!

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