Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Right. So unusual configurations of Carbon form a semiconductor, diamond 
> is a good insulator, and graphite is an excellent conductor. Looks like 
> the electronic properties of a substance are *totally* determined by 
> their position on the periodic table to me. Oh, wait...

  Atomic and molecular chemistry is one of the wackiest phenomena of
nature I can think of.

  Take an innocent harmless molecule, remove one atom from it, and it might
be converted into a deadly poison.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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