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I'm writing up a Physical Chemistry practical, and trying to find a typical length of a C-N triple bond to see if I've got sane results. One Google search later, and this entry appears! I should've known H2G2 would have the answer.

Way cool to find out my Entry is useful. And on google.
Thanks for the feedback.
You may be interested to know the following: (Geektalk follows) I am a physico chemist doing nano-stuff, and at one occasion we had to figure out how long some molecules were. To do it I used this very table I entered here and a drawing pen. I found out the molecule in question had a size of 1.1 nm (just enough to go into a certain pore I needed it to go in). When I was asked how I estimated the size everyone was expecting some acronym of a computerprogramme, instead I just said, I drew it and used a ruler (!!!). OK everyone sighed and gave the problem to a supercomputer simulator guy. He figured out the molecule was 0.8 nm big. When finally we received the X-ray structure of the molecule (the real measure) it turned out it was 1.15. My result was 0.05 nm off!!! Imagine my satisfaction!

I get the feeling that all the computer/theoretical type practicals we've done are designed to kick the notion into us that Computers Get It Wrong Sometimes.

The output of a computer is just as good as the programme. And programmes are man-made constructs.

The only good thing about computers is that they are really fast and they don't bitch about doing boring stuff over and over again.

SAUSAGE