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Using E-mail to Discuss Chemistry
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Using
E-Mail to Discuss Chemistry
Since e-mail
does not handle superscripts, subscripts, greek letters, types symbols,
and other characters that we can show on a web page, use the
following format instead:
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Put subscripts on the line. F2 becomes
F2
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Use a caret, ^, to indicate a superscript. S2-
becomes S^2-
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Use -> to replace an arrow in a reaction: 2 H2 + O2 -> 2 H2O
(The space between a coefficient and a formula helps avoid confusion between
coefficient and subscript.)
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Use = to replace a double arrow in an equilibrium:
HF = H^+ + F^-
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Spell out the names of greek letters in brackets:
 S
becomes [delta]S
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X indicates nultiplication: 2 X 2 = 4
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/ indicates division: 6/3 = 2
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To handle symbols
for nuclides such as 2412Mg type
the atomic number before the symbol and the mass number after it, using
hyphens between the number and the symbol; i.e., 12-Mg-24.
This is our modified version of the convention that refers to 2412Mg
as magnesium-24.
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