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iamthepulta · 2 months ago

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Rereading the Roman portion, and I hate the word "salt" more and more. Chemically, it's shorthand for an oxidized metal cation attached to a soluble anion, but it just makes me think of table salt.

Can't really change it unless I reupload the citations reblog, so it'll have to stay, but in the future, start punching me if I use 'lead salt'.

#It's one of those academic terms that are just... stupid? I think if you're going to use academic jargon you need to come up with terms #that aren't commonly used; or the term is notably different due to context. Salt is commonly used and isn't notably different;#hence mass confusion when that academic -> casual transition is made.#ptxt #I'm supposed to be copy-pasting my data that got corrupted yesterday. My motivation... it's low....#Used all my spoons yesterday apparently. Or I need to start the day by reading? For some reason that worked great the last two days. idk

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