Tha would be your wrong assumption Scott.Trippy, I think you've fallen into the same trap as Hoz; you both think that it's so obvious that the other is wrong; I will grant that maybe it's obvious for you and Hoz (or atleast you both know enough to find ways to believe this), but from where I stand, and I don't think I'm alone here, it's definitely not. I frequently can't make heads or tails of what you guys are saying. I made that crystal clear when I responded to one of your large posts.
My statements about Hoz have nothing to do with his disagreeing with me.
Here's two examples.
The first is something I would expect someone who has studied Highschool chemistry to know.
I stated repeatedly that Aluminium is a strong reducing agent, and that the Data Sheet for MEK, the solvent used by Harrit, explicitly states that you should not mix MEK with strong reducing agents.
Hoz comes along, and in amongst his abuse makes the comment that:
Which is the complete Opposite of what I said.Paint solvent (such as MEK) does not reduce aluminium. MEK doesn't make aluminium out of aluminium oxide or out of alumino-silicates.
In order to behave in the way Hoz describes, the Aluminium would be acting as an Oxidant, not a reductant.
In high school, we got taught a mnemonic.
LEO goes GER
Loss of Electrons, Oxidation.
Gain of Electrons, Reduction.
The Oxidant is reduced.
The reductant is Oxidized.
So the reaction I was referring to would have the metallic aluminium being oxidized, not reduced by the MEK.
His criticism of the use of the term 'Aluminoferric thermite' is a second example.
Again, that's basic nomenclature that you get taught in Highschool.
Fe(0) is Ferro (eg: http://www.raghavsteel.com/ferro-alloys.html ).
Fe(II) Is Ferrous.
Fe(III) is Ferric.
Finally (for now) there's this beautiful post:
Post #2276 where we have him saying this:
Where is the linseed oil here? How is this at all relevant? There is NO zinc here at all. Even if there were trace elements of zinc, then that still doesn't support zinc oxide paint-theory which you are suggesting. So stop stating irrelvant information.
Inspite of having previously made this post, post #2279 which included the following table:

The point that you have to understand here is that I'm not saying that he knows nothing about chemistry because i'm trying to be mean to him because he disagrees with me, i'm stating that he knows nothing about chemistry because he keeps getting basic things wrong that get taught at highschool level, like the role of oxidants and reductants in redox reactions, inspite of having implied enough times that you actually take what he has to say seriously from a chemistry perspective.
Do you understand yet my point?