Fwd: Re: OT: cleaning pots on my vintage audio amp

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Feb 28 03:06:37 2002

--- Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com> wrote:
> "iso-propyl alcohol" is the "old" name for it; "iso-propanol" is a more
> modern version of the same name;

Agreed.

> the "systematic" name (used almost everywhere *by chemists*)
> is "propan-2-ol"...

Since it's been years since I've been in a chem lab... when did this
naming convention hit the States? In 1985, I'm fairly certain we
called it isopropanol. Perhaps my education was behind the times.

> > Even "aluminum" is different, but I don't remember how different...
>
> You mean "aluminium" :-) Like sodium, potassium, uranium, ...

Platinium... err, wait... nevermind. ;-)

-ethan



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