On 23 July 2013 07:28, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > > (I trust that everyone remembers enough high school chemistry to > understand why Mercurial is called hg? Hg is the chemical symbol for > Mercury.) >
And I recall my high school chemistry teacher claiming the noble gases could never combine, until someone just decided to cook up some Xenon Tetraflouride. Always fun when you get to contradict your teacher in class, and you're right - wel it was then. I'm a tad more mature, now - sometimes ;') There are always surprises. Jim
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