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[Sidoh]

CO₂ is Carbon Dioxide, true.  However -- Co₂ is not, if you want to get technical.

Yeah, but I don't think you'd find Co₂, at least, not commonly.  Cobalt Chloride comes to mind as a normal compound, but that's CoCl₂.  Given that cobalt in its normal state has 2 electrons in its outer shell, moving to 4 (having 2 cobolt ions together) would lend instability to the cobalt particle.

Quik, what did you edit?

Co₂ isn't what he wrote though, he wrote Co2, which could indicate Co₂, CO₂, or Co² , with the 2 representing a 2+ charge, and assuming that he meant Co²⁺ is much more reasonable than assuming he meant Co₂. But all in all, he probably meant CO₂.

Arguing this is quite useless.

[MyndFyre]

Actually Darkness, it IS what he wrote (see the quote of me that you quoted me quoting him) but he was making a point to be specific about CO₂ versus Co₂, so shouldn't his subscripts and superscripts be subjected to the same scrutiny he's giving to capitalization?

[Sidoh]

hehe.

God... none of this would happen if we would just type our elements/chemicals correctly!

[Joe]

Carbon dioxide kay? One carbon, two oxygen. The explosive stuff.

BUMP (I realize I'm not bumping anything, but quiet)

I'd like to join!

[MyndFyre]

Carbon dioxide kay? One carbon, two oxygen. The explosive stuff.

Carbon dioxide explosive? 

I'd like to join!

How 'bout no, ya crazy Dutch bastard?

[Joe]

Well, CO₂ blows up nicely when its in the little container (for the wooden cars, you know) and gets punctured.

[rabbit]

That's not an explosion.  That's a rocket. Explosions happen when stuff has nowhere to go.  A hole is a place to go.

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Okay.  I'm sorry.  That doesn't sound right.

[xex]

How did the "join" thread turned into a science forum? 

[rabbit]

You obviously don't spend very much time around us -.-;;

[Blaze]

How did the "join" thread turned into a science forum? 

How did a day of defeat topic turn into a credit card topic?  Its just have forums work.

[Joe]

I'd like to join! =p

[Screenor]

How did the "join" thread turned into a science forum? 

How did a day of defeat topic turn into a credit card topic?  Its just have forums work.

That would have been Trust's doing.

I'm just going to blame everything on Trust from now on, this is going to be fun.

[Sidoh]

Well, CO₂ blows up nicely when its in the little container (for the wooden cars, you know) and gets punctured.

That's because it's under extreme pressures, not because it is explosive.  Almost any other gas under the same conditions would produce the same effect.

[MyndFyre]

Well, CO₂ blows up nicely when its in the little container (for the wooden cars, you know) and gets punctured.

That's because it's under extreme pressures, not because it is explosive.  Almost any other gas under the same conditions would produce the same effect.

Too true -- we use CO₂ for paintball guns too.  It's not explosive, but it is stored at high pressure, so in an attempt to reach equilibrium, a lot of high-pressure air moves towards the low-pressure air outside quickly, which causes the paintball to be shot.

[Sidoh]

Too true -- we use CO₂ for paintball guns too.  It's not explosive, but it is stored at high pressure, so in an attempt to reach equilibrium, a lot of high-pressure air moves towards the low-pressure air outside quickly, which causes the paintball to be shot.

That's a rather scientific explination of "OMG OW YOU HIT ME IN THE NUTS YOU ASSHOLE." ;p