- From: Wacek Kusnierczyk <Waclaw.Marcin.Kusnierczyk@idi.ntnu.no>
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:00:47 +0200
- To: Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@gmail.com>
- CC: Matthias Samwald <samwald@gmx.at>, Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk>, public-semweb-lifesci <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: > Hello Wacek, All, > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Wacek Kusnierczyk > <Waclaw.Marcin.Kusnierczyk@idi.ntnu.no> wrote: > >> i'd agree that having non-integer *molecule numbers* sounds nonsense, >> but having non-integer *relative molecule numbers* certainly doesn't. >> in any case, the equation >> >> N2O2 -> 2 NO2 + 1/2 O2 >> >> is equivalent to >> >> 2 N2O2 -> 4 NO2 + O2 >> >> and you can always (i guess) avoid non-integer coefficients by >> multiplying both sides by a constant. >> > > What about this statement: > > "Two grams of hydrogen react with 16 grams of oxygen to 18 grams of water" > what about it? vQ
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