Frank and Ernest by Thaves for October 03, 2021

If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.

When the Sodium Chloride (Part of the Solution) …

… the Water (the other Part of the Solution) became the Dissolver.

In respect and gratitude to the Sodium Chloride for being a Problem Solver and Part of the Solution, I’d like to give this Solute a Salute.

Note: Technically, the Na and Cl together as NaCl is not a Sodium Chloride molecule because the Sodium and Chlorine are not held together by sharing electrons in a Covalent Bond.

It is more rightly called a Sodium Chloride Formula Unit because: the Sodium loses an electron and becomes a positively charged Sodium Ion and the Chlorine gains an electron and becomes a negatively charged Chloride Ion. These two are held together (because opposite charges attract) by an Ionic Bond.

S-o-o-o did the sodium chloride somehow save the iron or am I, as usual, missing something? Still a fun arc today.

And Fe still couldn’t float.

When Cl left, Na went in alone and had a blast.

Hey, I come to the comics for laughs. This takes me back to the horrors of high school chemistry class. No thanks!

Chemistry and I were not well acquainted, but today’s responses started my day with a few chuckles!

A saltwater dip for iron doesn’t bode well. Oxide is in their future.

That and (AU come back with my gold watch)

Chem humor nice! But then comes the math and the party is over

Look at what it has come to to teach children.

Gee Frank, it looks like you picked up a little rust in the short time you were stuck on the bottom.

Carbon dioxide went down the slide and the water was all bubbly.

Lucky that sodium didn’t go down alone!

It just took one salt molecule to ion things out.

(Only one letter difference between “ion” and “iron.” Isn’t that ironic?)

Groan….

I tried telling a Chemical joke, but got no reaction…

you wouldn’t like my reaction to this

I’m afraid sodium chloride does not form molecules.