"Andrew H. Carter" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:47:55 -0700, Arri London
> > scribbled some thoughts:
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> >We did it in a sealed system. No oxygen present.
> >
> >
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> Sealed system? So all the air was sucked out? Cool.

It was. All hand-blown etc. Only dragged out once a year and the teacher
did the demo; we students weren't allowed to touch it.


> >
> >Stars burn hydrogen.
>
> We surmise they do from the photographic evidence, but could
> not the atmosphere (Earth's and space dust) alter the
> evidence?

No. Easy enough to subtract spectroscopically.


>Even the Sun, our closest star is guessed that it
> is hydrogen being burned, but it is so big that at best it
> is mere speculation. Kinda a bummer that the satellite bit
> the dust which could have given definite proof of the Sun's
> nature, at least the solar flares.

Why is it speculation? The spectroscopy is fairly straightforward.
>
> >
> >Burning hydrogen produces water in the presence of oxygen, as in H2O. No
> >oxygen, no water produced.
> >
> >But this isn't the place to discuss this anyway LOL!
>
>
> True.
>
> >> Anyway, back to the point. Sodium and Salt are not the same
> >> things.
> >
> >
> >True, but common table salt is sodium chloride. In the presence of
> >water, it dissociates into Na+ and Cl- ions. When someone needs to cut
> >back on sodium (in certain medical conditions), it doesn't matter from
> >where the Na+ originates. It can come from table salt or foods
> >containing relatively large amounts of sodium (such as raw celery or raw
> >carrots).
> >
> >If such are, then one could say (like the marketers
> >> do when they say: Sodium/Salt needs to be cut back):
> >>
> >> "Oxygen/Water needs to be cut back, we consume too much of
> >> it."
> >>
> >>
> >You must not live in a desert. It's very easy to consume too much water
> > And there is such a thing as water intoxication, which is consumption
> >of too much water.
> >Too much oxygen is also unhealthy in the long term. You did know the
> >atmosphere you breathe is about 80 percent nitrogen and 20 percent
> >oxygen?
>
> Yeah, pure oxygen is sort of sweet smelling. Like
> everything, too much of a good thing can be as bad as not
> enough: Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Selenium, the necessary
> poison.
>

Dunno about sweet smelling; the word oxygen means acid former