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Post Team Posted Feb 19, 2004
Oh - and I forgot to add 
for your witty subject name 
shazz 
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Tonsil Revenge (PG) Posted Feb 19, 2004
It's Jodan's fault.
Hmm. Yes, for some reason I was thinking Gallium Arsenide, but I don't know why. So I didn't guess.
What would be the attraction of Gallium to Iron?
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Mr. Christopher, enjoying the Magicians Guild game where he is called Polonius Franc, Elder Healer and local merchant Posted Feb 20, 2004
Ga has a charge of +3 and Iron is a transitional metal, so there might be some attraction. In the original version, the a was talking to the G, but then it seemed too confusing to break up the symbol.
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Tonsil Revenge (PG) Posted Feb 20, 2004
Once again proving that knowledge is not necessarily understanding,
I don't have a clue what you just said, but I'll mention it to my Aunt... 
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Mr. Christopher, enjoying the Magicians Guild game where he is called Polonius Franc, Elder Healer and local merchant Posted Feb 20, 2004
Gallium has a configuration to fill 4p orbitals. But given that ferrous, Fe +2, is a transition metal it can only fill 3d orbitals.
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Tonsil Revenge (PG) Posted Feb 21, 2004
I hate to sound completely ignorant, because it's true that I am, but what is an orbital and a p?
Are you talking about the shape of the molecules?
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Mr. Christopher, enjoying the Magicians Guild game where he is called Polonius Franc, Elder Healer and local merchant Posted Feb 21, 2004
Not really molecules but plausable bonds between the elemental atoms. Orbitals are subshells of the atom where the electrons are. Only so many fit into each orbital. An s orbital holds 2, a p orbital holds 6, a d holds 10, and an f holds 14. The numbers in front indicate the order in which those subshells are filled with electrons shared with other atoms.
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