+288 Why do chemists like nitrates so much? They're cheaper than day rates, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's actually because compounds of it are almost always completely soluble in water

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Change your name to buzzkillington

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Huh, I like them because the nitrate ion (NO3) will readily donate those oxygen atoms to a redox reaction.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I just read "day rates" as "date rapes" Still fits

by Anonymous 14 years ago