Hell freezing over

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Unknown2005-07-12 12:41:59
QUOTE(Soll @ Jul 12 2005, 02:52 AM)
Fe as in Iron. smile.gif
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....Just remember. What Would Black Mage Do. Ah, yes. Where's my knife?

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Fe is Ferris - the latin name for Iron.
Soll2005-07-12 12:50:05
fear.gif I dun know. crying.gif I just saw something that wasn't "iron" so I said that. sad.gif
Shiri2005-07-12 13:06:19
QUOTE(Ye of Little Faith @ Jul 12 2005, 01:41 PM)
....Just remember.  What Would Black Mage Do.  Ah, yes.  Where's my knife?

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Fe is Ferris - the latin name for Iron.
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Isn't that ferrus? ninja.gif
Unknown2005-07-12 14:49:23
Ferrum actually

http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/fe.html
Unknown2005-07-12 14:58:33
Okay, so we've all different spellings. But I grew up calling it Ferris (Perhaps it was Ferrus, my spelling is horrid. And I slept through Chem class.) but I'm pretty sure it's not Ferrum. Unless I'm thinking of ions.
Shiri2005-07-12 15:01:35
Eh, that's the nominative (I think tongue.gif) word for ferrus. Same thing!
Unknown2005-07-12 15:02:38
QUOTE(Shiri @ Jul 12 2005, 10:01 AM)
Eh, that's the nominative (I think tongue.gif) word for ferrus. Same thing!
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I seem to remember where Ferrus was a +1 charge, and Ferrius was +2, or something. I don't know anymore - I enjoy my naps, kthnx.
Sylphas2005-07-12 16:19:26
Ferrous and Ferric, perhaps? *randomly remembers chem class*
Unknown2005-07-12 16:43:22
QUOTE(Sylphas @ Jul 12 2005, 11:19 AM)
Ferrous and Ferric, perhaps?  *randomly remembers chem class*
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Maybe. Something like that.
Unknown2005-07-12 16:44:58
QUOTE(Sylphas @ Jul 12 2005, 12:19 PM)
Ferrous and Ferric, perhaps?  *randomly remembers chem class*
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Those are adjectives. At least Ferrous is.
Unknown2005-07-12 16:46:55
QUOTE(mav @ Jul 12 2005, 11:44 AM)
Those are adjectives. At least Ferrous is.
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Doesn't mean it's not the chemical name for a +1 Ion of Fe, now does it?
Richter2005-07-12 18:24:28
I was taught Fe was for Ferris. Ferric would describe something that is that way.

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Unknown2005-07-12 18:27:51
QUOTE(Richter @ Jul 12 2005, 01:24 PM)
I was taught Fe was for Ferris. Ferric would describe something that is that way.

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I called my high school chem teacher (She's the biggest hippy and stoner I know - sue me). She assures me Fe is for Ferris, Ferrous is Fe with a +1 charge, and Fe with a +2 charge is Ferric.
Unknown2005-07-12 19:03:14
I don't know if it's scarier that this conversation happened or that it seems perfectly normal to me.
Unknown2005-07-12 19:15:02
QUOTE(Tamaranis @ Jul 12 2005, 02:03 PM)
I don't know if it's scarier that this conversation happened or that it seems perfectly normal to me.
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That's because Hell is an exothermic reaction.
Joli2005-07-12 19:29:58
Man.. you people are weird.. ninja.gif
Unknown2005-07-13 08:12:22
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Iron has been known since ancient times. The origin of the name comes from the Latin word ferrum meaning iron. It is malleable, ductile, silvery-white metal. Exposed surfaces form red-brown oxides. Forms very strong alloys (steel). Ferromagnetic. Metal dust flammable. Fourth most abundant element in the earth's crust.


Source: http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/fe.html

Maybe it's just you silly americans that are bastardising the latin names happy.gif
Richter2005-07-13 16:14:13
Quite possibly. I mean, look how we screwed up the English language, let alone Latin. happy.gif

QUOTE(Kidaen @ Jul 13 2005, 12:12 AM)
Source: http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/fe.html

Maybe it's just you silly americans that are bastardising the latin names  happy.gif
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Unknown2005-07-13 16:54:00
QUOTE(Kidaen @ Jul 13 2005, 03:12 AM)
Source: http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/fe.html

Maybe it's just you silly americans that are bastardising the latin names  happy.gif
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.hr? What's that? .de is germany, and .uk is, well, the U.K. So the hell is a .hr? Crazy Europeans, ruining my language.
Daganev2005-07-13 16:55:24
I think it might be holland tongue.gif