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6270942 No.6270942 [Reply] [Original]

>guy I work with insists on calling chemicals/materials by their full or scientific names rather than shorthand
>"bro, pass me a borosillicate beaker?" when all we have are pyrex
>"hand me some of those starched nitrile gloves" when they're the only gloves we have
>says phenolphthalein instead of phenol
>says phenylacrylic acid instead of cinnamic acid
>says glycyrrhizinic acid instead of licoric acid
>says aqueous hydrogen chloride instead of muriatic acid

>> No.6270945

>guy on this website i go to remakes the exact same thread every day
>"guy I work with insists on calling chemicals/materials by their full or scientific names"
>complains about how people talk

>> No.6271025

>>6270942
>phenolphthalein instead of phenol
those aren't the same thing

also this
>>6270945