Actually irrelevant, isn't it, since all atoms that haven't been ionized have equal numbers of protons and electrons. John (who once upon a long time ago took high school chemistry) On 3/7/07, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
John Wager wrote > It might read a bit better if we knew more about just what KIND of > atoms these were. A bit more detail! For example, it would read > better if we knew it were two HYDROGEN atoms walking down the street. > They would indeed be "positive" then. In the original it's 'two hydrogen atoms.' But as far as we know from the text, only one of them is positive. Robert Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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