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in article <3657@teddy.UUCP>, jjc@teddy.UUCP (Jean J. Cote) says:
> 
> In article <2645@ihlpa.UUCP>, gadfly@ihlpa.UUCP (Gadfly) writes:
>> In order to spare the net a second go-round of this (it was tiresome
>> even the first time), I will summarize briefly:
>> 
>> Q: Name a colorless liquid with no hydrogen in its chemical composition
>>    commonly found around the house.
>> 
>> etc.
> 
> First off, you got the question wrong. It was:
> 
> Name a transparent liquid commonly found around the home whose major
> constituent is a molecule containing no hydrogen.
> 
> When the original poster replied, he said that the answer that he had
> in mind is Freon, which is found in refrigeration equipment, and can
> sometimes be viewed through a little window. Though it is a gas at
> room temperature and pressure, it is a liquid in the guts of the fridge.
> 
> Other suggestions included various aqueous solutions such as bleach, which
> are mostly water, CCl4, which is no longer commonly found in the home,
> glass, which is not a liquid, and mercury, which is not transparent.
> 
> After the original poster replied, someone mentioned the little cartridges
> that contain N2O and CO2 for whipping cream and making seltzer water.
> Nobody came up with any compelling arguments (this is subjective) that
> the contents of these cartridges are a liquid or a gas, though my personal
> best guess is that the contents are gaseous.
> 
>                                               Jean-Joseph Cote





	This may be very well the answer that you though of at first, however,
it is never the less still *wrong*......  Freons may contain hydrogen:  They
are not NECESARILY completly substituted with Fluorine or Chlorine.  The only
correct answer so far is glass. Glass , yes, window pane glass... is a liquid.
Just observe bonding in glass sheet sometime...  pure nucleophilic attraction
 between groups.


	Alex P Novickis
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