Al Koholic
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Funny Molecules
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm
I thought this was rather enjoyable. You all will probably like it as well!
Al
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Magpie
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Al, this list is very entertaining. 
Although not funny, I couldn't help but think of Unobtainium. This chemical has variable composition and structure and is often sought by the home
chemist. Its rarity varies from country to country, depending on government whim. 
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by MagpieAlthough not funny, I couldn't help but think of Unobtainium. This chemical has variable composition and
structure and is often sought by the home chemist. Its rarity varies from country to country, depending on government whim. |
Here it isn't even a metal, despite the -ium name, but rather is a red powder with Z=15.
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That page is hilarious, thank you for the link Al Koholic!
\"You can battle with a demon, you can embrace a demon; what the hell can you do with a fucking spiritual computer?\"
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must be a brit.
"When you let the dumbasses vote you end up with populism followed by autocracy and getting back is a bitch." Plato (sort of)
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Some of them I didn't get at all like "Arsenolite" and "Phthalic acid" or "homo-phthalic acid". What the hell is so funny about that? Only a couple
where hilarious to me like "Cummingtonite".
"There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry ... There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any
question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors. ... We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it and
that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. And we know that as long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think,
free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost, and science can never regress." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Phthalic sometimes is misspelled as phallic. Whether this is fun or not is a matter of taste 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MagicJigPipe
Some of them I didn't get at all like "Arsenolite" |
British ('arse') == USA ('ass'). With the exception of Arsenal and Arsene Wenger. 
The same group also has a 'molecule of the month' page which is often an interesting read.
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/motm.htm
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I didn't know what "phallic" meant until I looked it up. Is this some kind of European thing or am I just out of the loop?
"There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry ... There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any
question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors. ... We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it and
that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. And we know that as long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think,
free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost, and science can never regress." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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How can one not know what "phallic" means? 
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I enjoyed that especially "Cummingtonite" but alot of them I got but I didn't find funny like "Megaphone" and some I flat out didn't get like
"Phthalic acid" I had to look up the word "phallic"
Sorry 12AX7 if we aren't all avid readers of Freudian theory.
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Nice remark pantone159! That red powder is rather elusive isn't it... Luckily I'm in the UK so when it comes to stocking up on chemicals I should be
ok  I really want some P2O5 though
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http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=6439&a...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by pantone159
| Quote: | | Originally posted by MagpieAlthough not funny, I couldn't help but think of Unobtainium. This chemical has variable composition and
structure and is often sought by the home chemist. Its rarity varies from country to country, depending on government whim. |
Here it isn't even a metal, despite the -ium name, but rather is a red powder with Z=15. |
You will just have to make your own, by reducing phosphates found in fertilizers and especially rock phosphate. There is a long thread on this in the
"Chemistry in general" section.
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