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Old July 18th 05, 05:08 AM
Stephen Cowell
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"L.W. (=DFill) Hughes III" > wrote in message =
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> Stephen Cowell wrote:
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> > It would be much easier to let others tell the tale...
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> > http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/we...mical+compound
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_compound
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> > Particularly edifying are the following, from Wiki:
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> > A chemical compound is a chemical substance formed from two or more =

elements, with a fixed ratio determining the composition. For example, =
dihydrogen monoxide (water, H2O) is a compound composed of two hydrogen =
atoms for every oxygen atom.
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> > In general, this fixed ratio must be fixed due to some sort of =

physical property, rather than an arbitrary man-made selection. This is =
why materials such as brass, the superconductor YBCO, the semiconductor =
aluminium gallium arsenide, or chocolate are considered mixtures or =
alloys rather than compounds.
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> > Steve
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>The operative word in my question was "YOU" and you failed again.=20


I believe that I told you what I think the definitions are...
don't you think that I knew this before I googled them?
Why else would I say that you don't have a clue as to
the proper chemistry definition of a mixture or a compound?
At least now you know... that is, if you'll believe some Liberal
Academic sources... I wonder where the Republicon Non-
Academic sources are?
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Steve
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