Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ptsfa!nonvon!apn From: apn@nonvon.UUCP (apn) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Common Household Liquid Without Hydrogen (What Was Answer?) Message-ID: <1415@nonvon.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Jan-87 08:26:05 EST Article-I.D.: nonvon.1415 Posted: Sat Jan 10 08:26:05 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Jan-87 22:58:12 EST References: <3657@teddy.UUCP> Organization: NONVON Systems Computer Research Group Lines: 58 in article <3657@teddy.UUCP>, jjc@teddy.UUCP (Jean J. Cote) says: > > In article <2645@ihlpa.UUCP>, gadfly@ihlpa.UUCP (Gadfly) writes: >> In order to spare the net a second go-round of this (it was tiresome >> even the first time), I will summarize briefly: >> >> Q: Name a colorless liquid with no hydrogen in its chemical composition >> commonly found around the house. >> >> etc. > > First off, you got the question wrong. It was: > > Name a transparent liquid commonly found around the home whose major > constituent is a molecule containing no hydrogen. > > When the original poster replied, he said that the answer that he had > in mind is Freon, which is found in refrigeration equipment, and can > sometimes be viewed through a little window. Though it is a gas at > room temperature and pressure, it is a liquid in the guts of the fridge. > > Other suggestions included various aqueous solutions such as bleach, which > are mostly water, CCl4, which is no longer commonly found in the home, > glass, which is not a liquid, and mercury, which is not transparent. > > After the original poster replied, someone mentioned the little cartridges > that contain N2O and CO2 for whipping cream and making seltzer water. > Nobody came up with any compelling arguments (this is subjective) that > the contents of these cartridges are a liquid or a gas, though my personal > best guess is that the contents are gaseous. > > Jean-Joseph Cote This may be very well the answer that you though of at first, however, it is never the less still *wrong*...... Freons may contain hydrogen: They are not NECESARILY completly substituted with Fluorine or Chlorine. The only correct answer so far is glass. Glass , yes, window pane glass... is a liquid. Just observe bonding in glass sheet sometime... pure nucleophilic attraction between groups. Alex P Novickis UUCP: ihnp4!ptsfa!nonvon!apn {* Only those who attempt the absurd ... will achieve the impossible *} {* I think... I think it's in my basement... Let me go upstairs and check. *} {* -escher *} -- Alex P Novickis UUCP: ihnp4!ptsfa!nonvon!apn {* Only those who attempt the absurd ... will achieve the impossible *} {* I think... I think it's in my basement... Let me go upstairs and check. *} {* -escher *}