From rob@twcny.rr.com Wed Dec 12 15:28:38 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rob@twcny.rr.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_2); 12 Dec 2001 23:28:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 45716 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2001 23:28:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m10.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Dec 2001 23:28:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailout5.nyroc.rr.com) (24.92.226.122) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Dec 2001 23:28:38 -0000 Received: from mail1.twcny.rr.com (mail1-1 [24.92.226.139]) by mailout5.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.6/Road Runner 1.12) with ESMTP id fBCNSZq01239 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:28:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from riff ([24.92.246.4]) by mail1.twcny.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:28:35 -0500 Received: from rob by riff with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16EImZ-0000JQ-00 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:27:23 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:27:23 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Chemicals Message-ID: <20011212232723.GA1191@twcny.rr.com> References: <0112121313541Z.03384@neofelis> <20011212224248.GB784@twcny.rr.com> <01121217590422.03384@neofelis> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <01121217590422.03384@neofelis> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com From: Rob Speer Reply-To: rob@twcny.rr.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=2572649 X-Yahoo-Profile: squeekybobo GAH! How we need reply-to munging. I replied to Pierre instead of the list. Then, deciding to reply to his message and send it to the list, I forgot to actually change the address, and sent it to him again. Twice. On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 05:59:04PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Wednesday 12 December 2001 17:42, you wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 01:13:54PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > > What are the following chemicals called in Lojban? > > > > Perhaps this naming system is too simple, but try this: > > > sodium chloride > > > > sodna joi kliru > > I call it {sodna klirysilna}. > > > > hydrogen peroxide > > > > cidro joi zmakijno > > > > > ferric oxide > > > > = iron (III) oxide > > tirse xi ci joi kijno > > > > > ferrous oxide > > > > = iron (II) oxide > > tirse xi re joi kijno > > > > > nitric oxide > > > > trano joi kijno > > I'd use {joi} for mixtures. A mixture of sodium and chlorine results in a > violent reaction, but a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen does not, so using > {trano joi kijno} for nitric oxide is ambiguous. > > > > nitrous oxide > > > > trano joi relkijno > > > > > sodium bicarbonate > > > > sodna joi ke cidro joi zmakijytabno > > > > > silver nitrate > > > > rijno joi zmakijytrano > > > > > cyanogen > > > > tabno joi trano (or xumrsiano) > > > > > ammonium cyanide > > > > trano joi cibycidro joi ke tabno joi trano > > (or tranrmonia joi xumrsiano) > > Ammonium is NH4 (it has been isolated as an amalgam, but not, AFAIK, as the > free "metal"). > > Did you mean to respond to the list? > > phma -- la rab.spir .i oisai