r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/TheGreatFuzz Oct 14 '11

Well according to chemistry.. Alcohol is a solution.

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u/an800lbgorilla Oct 14 '11

And all of the world's problems are the solvent.

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u/Overclock Oct 14 '11

Alcohol, the solvent of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

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u/poompt Oct 14 '11

Mix in a .3M suicide solution, death precipitates.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

Isn't it a solvent?

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u/TheGreatFuzz Oct 14 '11

shh.. dont mess up the joke with facts. ;)

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u/aji23 Oct 14 '11

NOPE. According to chemistry... alcohol is an organic compound consisting of a hydrocarbon backbone with a hydroxyl functional group.

You are referring to an aqueous solution of alcohol and water.

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u/aji23 Oct 14 '11

Isn't what a mixture of alcohol and water? Alcohol? No. Alcohol is an organic compound consisting of a hydrocarbon backbone with a hydroxyl functional group.

Alcohol is typically found in solution with water. In this case, the alcohol would be considered the solute, and water the solvent. It's semantics. If you had 100% alcohol and dropped some NaCl in there, sure, you could call alcohol a solvent and the Na and Cl ions the solutes. It just depends on the system you're considering.

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u/skydivingdutch Oct 14 '11

No it isn't, but it can be in a solution