FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for April 04, 2014

“The atomic mass of vanadium”?

It’s 50.9415 ± 0.0001 u — in case you need to review.

Vanadium is used in nuclear applications, for producing rust-resistant spring and high-speed tool steels, and as a carbide stabilizer in making steels. Approximately 80% of the vanadium that is produced is used as a steel additive or ferrovanadium. Vanadium foil is used as a bonding agent for cladding steel with titanium. Vanadium pentoxide is used as a catalyst, as a mordant for dyeing and printing fabrics, in the manufacture of aniline black, and in the ceramics industry. Vanadium-gallium tape is used to produce superconducting magnets.

Many American vets of WW II know this old saying: “If you’re looking for sympathy, you’ll find it in the dictionary – somewhere between ‘$hit’ and ‘syphilis.’”

But he could probably tell you exactly how much air it would take to fill his brain, based on the weight and relative mass…………..

Jason, the Milk of Human Kindness doesn’t come out of a soda can.

I wonder if Einstein had days like that… “What does ‘e’ equal again?”

Sing along with the elemental chart!