[Magdalen] Chemical Party

[Charles Wohlers]

Ummm - "K" is Potassium, BTW. Howsomever, both sodium (Na) and potassium 
have the same reaction with water. Because they're in the same column of the 
Periodic Table!

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2015 12:35 AM
To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Chemical Party

One thing I noticed was that "Sodium" [K] and water [H2O] came together and
immediately a huge tussle resulted. Knowing that Sodium just explodes when
placed in water, I got a kick out of that.

And then there's the whole carbon thing.  I about fell out of my chair,
except I was in a recliner with big cushy arms, so ....



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> Wow, not knowing anything about chemistry or the periodic table, the
> captions helped, and some of it I could figure out.  Pretty funny!
> Probably funnier if I knew more....
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 5:07 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This is not for everyone, and if you're wondering why all those people
> have
> > little signs with nonsense letters on them -- well ...
> >
> >
>