There is a chemical called "SEX"
Areze
15 Mar 2007
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SEX is the official abbreviation of sodium ethyl xanthate, which is a flotation agent used in the mining industry. Apparently you can get SEX in both solid and liquid forms (should that be hard and wet SEX?), and according to Australia's National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme signs of high exposure to SEX include 'dizziness, tremors, difficulty breathing, blurred vision, headaches, vomiting and death'. Sound familiar...?
On a related note, there's another flotation reagent, KAX, potassium amyl xanthate, which has the same function, and the same smell!
On a related note, there's another flotation reagent, KAX, potassium amyl xanthate, which has the same function, and the same smell!
I laughed for like 10 minutes when I heard this. Here's more:
http://www.chm.bris....s/sillymols.htm
EDIT: I don't think it was a mineral, but it was on a page full of them, my bad.
Edited by Nightshadow, 15 March 2007 - 03:44.
Areze
15 Mar 2007
Apparently. Here's another:
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ASS
This is the commonly used acronym for argininosuccinate synthetase, which is a chemical found in the brain. So it seems some people really do think with their ASSes...
This is the commonly used acronym for argininosuccinate synthetase, which is a chemical found in the brain. So it seems some people really do think with their ASSes...
