the "ask crazychemgirl a question" thread

[chapter6plan]

Crazychemgirl ... I once had a Hotmail account "MeanOldChemProf" ... Q: what are your thoughts about Chegg?

 

[chapter6plan]

Chlorine gas and water combine to make hydrochloric and hypochlorous acids

We made chlorine water in GenChem lab by mixing bleach (hypochlorous acid) and HCl. Equilibrium rocks!

 

[crazychemgirl]

Crazychemgirl ... I once had a Hotmail account "MeanOldChemProf" ... Q: what are your thoughts about Chegg?

Chegg is a good guy

 

[crazychemgirl]

SCIENCE!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Having a Jesse Pinkman moment???

 

[crazychemgirl]

Having a Jesse Pinkman moment???

Sometimes lol

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Sometimes lol

Excellent!!!


No good stories recently, except for listening to old guys bitch about the old car problems. I'll tell some if that changes.

 

[crazychemgirl]

Anyone have any burning science questions?

Note: this does not apply for burning coming from yourself… if this is the case please seek medical attention

 

[Lazaran]

Anyone have any burning science questions?

Note: this does not apply for burning coming from yourself… if this is the case please seek medical attention

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Hey crazychemgirl, was that actually you who posted on the Politics Board a while back under this account???

Also: Can you explain why oxygen isn’t a greenhouse gas???

 

[crazychemgirl]

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Hey crazychemgirl, was that actually you who posted on the Politics Board a while back under this account???

Also: Can you explain why oxygen isn’t a greenhouse gas???

Oxygen is necessary for life and also it was probably me

 

[Lazaran]

Oxygen is necessary for life and also it was probably me

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We’re you chemically impaired when you posted on the Politics Board???

Also: So Oxygen not absorbing infrared light doesn’t also eliminate it as a greenhouse gas???

 

[crazychemgirl]

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We’re you chemically impaired when you posted on the Politics Board???

Also: So Oxygen not absorbing infrared light doesn’t also eliminate it as a greenhouse gas???

Lmfao no … (on both counts)

 

[Lazaran]

Lmfao no … (on both counts)

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Weird:

Oxygen and nitrogen are not greenhouse gases, because they are transparent to infrared light.

A friend of mine showed me this and convinced me.

Huh.

 

[crazychemgirl]

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Weird:

Oxygen and nitrogen are not greenhouse gases, because they are transparent to infrared light.

A friend of mine showed me this and convinced me.

Huh.

I’m just … oy

I didn’t even have the energy to reply

 

[Lazaran]

I’m just … oy

I didn’t even have the energy to reply

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I’m not sure if that is an answer or if you’re having a brain freeze/ aneurism.

*disappointed frown*

 

[crazychemgirl]

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I’m not sure if that is an answer or if you’re having a brain freeze/ aneurism.

*disappointed frown*

I’m having a day … it’s Monday. My mind was elsewhere. Sorry for the lazy responses .. I also wasn’t sure if you were a troll or a real person

 

[Lazaran]

I’m having a day … it’s Monday. My mind was elsewhere. Sorry for the lazy responses .. I also wasn’t sure if you were a troll or a real person

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I’m definitely real, and I am definitely curious about atmospheric chemistry and how it relates to climate change.

The oxygen question only came up because another friend of mine assured me that oxygen was indeed a greenhouse gas.

I concluded it isn’t based on the “transparent to infrared light” explanation.

Your initial answer kinda threw me off.

*shrugs*

 

[crazychemgirl]

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I’m definitely real, and I am definitely curious about atmospheric chemistry and how it relates to climate change.

The oxygen question only came up because another friend of mine assured me that oxygen was indeed a greenhouse gas.

I concluded it isn’t based on the “transparent to infrared light” explanation.

Your initial answer kinda threw me off.

*shrugs*

Ok fair … I actually took a course in atmospheric chemistry … but do you think I can remember fuck all about it except free radicals and fucking acid rain?

 

[lakesailer_mi]

OK, this is a serious question.
Coffee makers always go bad because of the scale build up.
I suppose I could always use distilled water instead of tap, but isn't there something we could easily add to each pot that prevents this but doesn't ruin the coffee or kill me?
(I'm cranky...my coffee maker didn't work this morning and it's thrown my whole day off....)

 

[crazychemgirl]

OK, this is a serious question.
Coffee makers always go bad because of the scale build up.
I suppose I could always use distilled water instead of tap, but isn't there something we could easily add to each pot that prevents this but doesn't ruin the coffee or kill me?
(I'm cranky...my coffee maker didn't work this morning and it's thrown my whole day off....)

Unfortunately there isn’t much you can do besides a regular clean of your coffee maker

 

[Noor]

Unfortunately there isn’t much you can do besides a regular clean of your coffee maker

Would citric acid and water soak every few months help?

 

[thør]

Would citric acid and water soak every few months help?

Could always just pitch the coffee maker every month and buy new.

 

[crazychemgirl]

Would citric acid and water soak every few months help?

Vinegar is best

 

[thør]

Vinegar and water........universal cleaner.

 

[yorker85]

I could never remember this in school. What's the difference between a covalent and ionic bond?