A Conversation for Chemical Cock-ups: A Story of How Not to Name a Chemical Compound
Another chemical cock-up
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Feb 23, 2011
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In 2007, a Chinese team created copper nanotubes and, of course, coined an appropriate acronym, their paper was in Chem Comm and needless to say caused much hilarity among chemists - http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2007/CC/b614147a
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