Ortho - Blog Posts
- Ignihyde Incorrect Quotes -
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Idia: Being gay isn't a choice. It's a game and I'm winning.
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Ortho, seeing a banana on the car seat: What the FUCK?? Ortho, buckling the banana up: Fucking buckle UP, it’s the LAW!
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Idia, lying on the floor, depressed: I'll never be a cop. I'm gonna have to be a robber.
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Ortho: *walking around disappointed after visiting an aquarium* Idia: Ortho, what did you think a tiger shark was?
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Ortho: I’m sorry, I really flew off the handle back there. It was like the handle was a bald guy going really fast, and I was his toupée.
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Idia: The only straight I am is a straight-up badass.
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Idia: Where have you been all day? Ortho: Oh, just dealing with things way beyond my maturity level.
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Ortho: Get in the Halloween spirit and make a ghost! Idia: That’s called murder and I heard somewhere that it was illegal.
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Idia: There are some things beyond our understanding. We must accept them and learn from them. Because these moments of crisis are also potential moments of faith. A time, when we either come together or fall apart. Nature always has a way of balancing itself. The only question is, what part will we play? Ortho: Did you just make that up? Idia: No. I read it in a fortune cookie once. Ortho: Idia: A really long fortune cookie.
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Idia: N... No! Ortho: A fair rebuttal. However, consider this counterpoint: Y... Yes???
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And another one done!! Woohoo!!! I'm having some real fun posting all of these.
The two kinds of water
Credit: University of Basel
Pre-sorted ortho-water and para-water molecules with differently oriented nuclear spins (blue or red arrows) react with diazenylium ions (centre left) at different speeds.
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Researchers from the University of Basel’s Department of Chemistry, Switzerland, has investigated how the two forms of water differ in terms of their chemical reactivity – the ability to undergo a chemical reaction. Both forms have almost identical physical properties, which makes their separation particularly challenging.
It is less well-known that water exists in two different forms (isomers) at the molecular level. The difference is in the relative orientation of the nuclear spins of the two hydrogen atoms. Depending on whether the spins are aligned in the same or opposite direction, one refers to ortho- or para-water.
The was made possible by a method based on electric fields. Using this, researchers were able to initiate controlled reactions between the pre-sorted water isomers and ultracold diazenylium ions (protonated nitrogen) held in a trap. During this process, a diazenylium ion transfers its proton to a water molecule. This reaction is also observed in the chemistry of interstellar space.
It was discovered that para-water reacts about 25% faster than ortho-water. This can be explained in terms of the nuclear spin also influencing the rotation of the water molecules. As a result, different attractive forces act between the reaction partners. Para-water is able to attract its reaction partner more strongly than the ortho-form, which leads to an increased chemical reactivity.