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And of course the reaction between the strong reducing agent sodium, and the strong oxidizer, chlorine, is strictly a matter of chance then?????

(infinate laughter rolling off into the distance)

78 posted on 12/28/2005 4:12:32 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: editor-surveyor
And of course the reaction between the strong reducing agent sodium, and the strong oxidizer, chlorine, is strictly a matter of chance then?

/me blinks.

The outcome of the interaction is so strongly biased toward one particular result that for casual purposes we do not treat it as probabilistic, though it is. For most chemical systems which are not so biased, you end up with a more obviously probabilistic mix.

89 posted on 12/28/2005 4:19:37 PM PST by tortoise (All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
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To: editor-surveyor
And of course the reaction between the strong reducing agent sodium, and the strong oxidizer, chlorine, is strictly a matter of chance then?????

Huh?

Of course not.

You have become incoherent.

97 posted on 12/28/2005 4:27:05 PM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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