Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!mordor!styx!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cbatt!ihnp4!ihlpa!gadfly From: gadfly@ihlpa.UUCP (Gadfly) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Common Household Liquid Without Hydrogen (What Was Answer?) Message-ID: <2645@ihlpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 12:08:39 EST Article-I.D.: ihlpa.2645 Posted: Wed Jan 7 12:08:39 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 23:42:35 EST References: <2630@udenva.UUCP> <2339@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> <3255@milano.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 32 > > I believe that CCl4 isn't very common, and is harder to get hold of all > the time. > > Tried to buy any lately? 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. A: Glass (silicon dioxide). See, it's a trick. Glass is the clearly (heh heh, get it?) desired mass-consumption pop-quiz answer. A long discussion followed about whether glass is really a liquid. I do not have an informed opinion. The majority of technical postings claimed that glass is not truly a liquid. Other answers given were carbon tetrachloride, though (as the above posting indicates) it's not all that common, and mercury, though it begs the definition of "colorless". ENOUGH! *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 07 Jan 87 [18 Nivose An CXCV] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-8042 ** ** ** ** ihnp4!ihlpa!gadfly *** ***