2006-06-09
The word of the day
Today's word of the day is Hentriacontane (also known as C31H64). I was going to go with Hexatriacontain which is the longest alkane listed in the Higher Alkanes table on wikipedia, but hentria sounds cooler. Plus its naturally created by bugs. (When you have three boys, anything having to do with bugs is cooler.)
Today's word of the day is Hentriacontane (also known as C31H64). I was going to go with Hexatriacontain which is the longest alkane listed in the Higher Alkanes table on wikipedia, but hentria sounds cooler. Plus its naturally created by bugs. (When you have three boys, anything having to do with bugs is cooler.)
Not much to look at, but supposedly useful if you're trying to attract other bugs. Probably work better than this:
