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Re: Apology

On Thu, 02 Jul 1998 18:29:16 -0500, Advocate <advocate@flash.net> ,
late of Pablo Fanques Fair wrote:

>According to Darrel D. Ebbing or Wayne State University and Mark S.
>Wrighton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, authors of
>"General Chemistry" published by Houghton Mifflin Company,
>ISBN:0-395-31489-5, an ACID is "a substance other than a salt that
>increases the concentration of hydrogen ion in water solution."
>
>Everyone knows the chemical formula for the compound we know as water as
>H20. 

<snip>

>A "base" is a substance that whey dissolved in water increases the
>concentration of the hydroxide ion, OH.

Well, since water consists of H + OH, it is equally an acid and a
base. In other words, neutral. Which is apparent to everyone in the
world except you. 

For instance, the EPA has a web page called What Is Acidity?

http://earth1.epa.gov/acidrain/student/acidity.html

In it, you will find the telling phrase "Pure water is neutral". So,
faced with the choice between a government document issued by the
EPA and some unknown person who may be a kook, I will choose the EPA
document.


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Kevin B. O'Brien                  TANSTAAFL
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fools. Let's start with typewriters." -- Solomon Short

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