Census, i'm sorry if i appeared rude and i really didn't mean what i said to bee offensive - more on the humorous side
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it seems to me that this place is getting "nicer" over the passage of time, although i'm not here for long, really. i mean that the flames tend to get more and more polite. And i think this is very good for the general atmosphere at the Hive as i've seen often how otherwise decent places got ruined by negative emotions and filled with shit. More than that, in the beginning of my 'beehood' i have happened to ask stupid q's more than once and not to get mocked at
- at least not for long
however, this custom of ridiculing bees that post smth ..hm... not very intelligent, this custom, while being not precisely full of comaradery, is very much important. It sets the standarts. The general common sense rules of what is accepted here and what is not. Otherwise we would have this forum full of quesions such as yours.
this chemistry is very basic and the fact that you asked this question simply means that you didn't even bothered to read your chem textbook - at least every single schoolbook i've ever seen describes this rxn in
enough detail.
In other words, you didn't wish to put any effort in your learning.
again - don't take offence .... but Terbium was right
Antoncho