<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Chemistry [Warning, scientific content] --> <!--X-From-R13: "Brpx, [nggurj k96724p1" <k96724Nrkznvy.hfzn.nezl.zvy> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 23:47:59 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: AF02FD48C411D211868400E0291AAB2C3DD1EF@EXMAIL10-1 --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Chemistry [Warning, scientific content]</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:x96724#exmail,usma.army.mil"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00826.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00828.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00832.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00820.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00827">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00827">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00827">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Chemistry [Warning, scientific content]</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Chemistry [Warning, scientific content]</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Peck, Matthew x96724c1" <<A HREF="mailto:x96724#exmail,usma.army.mil">x96724#exmail,usma.army.mil</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:45:14 -0500</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> This post contains significant chemistry information and instruction. Delete if not interested. It also probably strays dangerously close to being Off Topic. Any questions on specifics should probably be addressed off list. Any inaccuracies can probably be attributed to the late hour. > ---------- > From: quzah [sotfhome][SMTP:quzah#softhome,net] > From: Ling <K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk> > Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 6:36 AM > Ahh... I knew that being a chemistry major would finally come in handy sometime. Allow me to help you with some general statements and input that should work in most cases. > Greetings again. I'm currently in the process of jotting down info on > the periodic table, element by element to plunk into my project. I was > wondering how one goes about finding out the properties of elements/ > compounds like above. (How do I find out say, how brittle iron is? > Or that gold doesn't react to sulpheric acid, or whatever.) > > (elements here) > I can get its color, melting point, boiling point, its color, mass > (in "amu" though I'll sound like a dunce and say I don't know what > an "amu" is; but it doesn't really matter, I'll end up with a scale > of sorts by which I can sort them by their mass if I like), their > density and once in a while a bit of extra trivia. But does anyone > know off hand of a good place to pick up useful info on oh, what > elements are found freely occuring in nature? (For example I know > now that all "alkali metals" are not found in nature; and I can use > heat to determine if someone will find others in nature (ie: It's > too hot for this to be solid, you won't see it here.) But is there > a list telling what don't ever occur, or any wonderful things like > that that I can use to give them more usefulness?) (Smell; I can't > tell what they smell like, so I can't describe them if you walk > into a gas pocket.) > Incidentally, AMU is atomic mass unit. When you get together a mole of a substance (6.02 x 10^23 molecules),you will get 1 kg times the AMU kilograms. But this is of less use to you than density would be, I think. Density allows you to directly compare mass and volume, which is probably more important for you than number of molecules. As for where to find elements: Most transition metals can be found either free (ie in elemental form) or in an ore. Ores are generally solid compounds containing both a metal and a non-metal (often oxygen, see further down for more info) Most Alkali and alkali earth metals are found in salts (easily dissolved in water and in 1:1 ratio.) noble gases do not form bonds. Halogens are found either bonded diatomically or in salts. Oxygen can be found almost anywhere, nitrogen in the air, in protein, and a few other molecules. Carbon is rarely found free except as graphite and diamond. This is just a general list, exceptions will be found to just about all of those, if not all, but in general it should be pretty good. > [Hal Black] > >> material is what it's made of. Could be a mixture, complex > structure, > >> or pure molecular/elemental type. Lots of room for development > here, > >> depending on how involved you want to get. (are animals and plants > the > >> same or different subtypes of "organic", etc...) There are > mixtures, > >> alloys, all kinds of neat stuff. Go to your college book store and > sit > >> down with a Chemistry 101 book and thumb through it for a while for > >> ideas. There is some neat stuff in there. > > > For starters, I'm dropping in the element table, from there, I'll add > in > some common compounds, and I'll take it from there. There's no way > I'll > be able to make it so you can combine X and Y and X in the correct > amounts and produce every possible compound/solution/whatever and make it be able > to be used correctly, so I am going to have to fake it and put in what > I > can think up (with their correct proportions of X,Y,Z as reference) so > you > can create things from my list. > > I haven't even begun to touch upon organics right now. Not sure how > I'll > do that. I may have to get boring and put in "blood", "flesh" or > something. > After all, I want this to be useful, but not so taxing that it takes a > chemist/biologist to mix mud and conjure a golem. > > > -Q- > As for different combinations, actually making the table is probably the best thing you could have done. Here is a summary of reactions between elements. It all depends on electrons. When combining elements, you generally want the outer shell to equal 8 electrons, except hydrogen which will equal 2. Each bond between an atom will basically share one electron from one with the other. So when you have 2 hydrogens (1 electron each) and 1 oxygen (6 electrons in the outer shell), you can share electrons to form H20 (2 hydrogens with 2 electrons, 1 oxygen with 8 valence, or outer electrons) Note that the actual number of electrons has not increased, 4 of those electrons are shared and are on 2 atoms at once. Because you filled each shell. this molecule is now complete. The periodic table is laid out along these lines for you. The elements in the left column have 1 electron and the ones on the right have 8. Some periodic tables will include something called oxidation numbers on it, which , very simply, show possible electron configurations. What you could do is input those numbers to your table, and if some combination of quantities and oxidation numbers balance, then the elements combine. (Examples, Hydrogen has a number of +1, oxygen is -2, so you need 2 hydrogen for one oxygen) While this is not and cannot be a complete lesson in chemistry, it should make your system a little easier to work with, should you continue this route. Most of the information you need can be found on the periodic table or one of its derivatives. Incidentally, Chris Gray's suggestions (make a simpler system or add them one by one) and posted after I started writing this) are looking pretty good. Also in reference to Chris's post, I don't know if they still publish the rubber bible, my school's copies are looking a bit old also. Anyway, enough of the chem class for tonight. I have to get back to my chemistry lab report. -- Matthew Peck The One Ring Mud x96724#exmail,usma.edu or valatar#mb2,betterbox.net </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00826.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00828.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spell components, chemistry, and the like...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00832.html">[MUD-Dev] MUD clients, testing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00820.html">[MUD-Dev] AMIN: Unsubscriptions</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00827"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00827"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00839" HREF="msg00839.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD clients, testing</A></strong>, Scatter <a href="mailto:scatter#thevortex,com">scatter#thevortex,com</a>, Fri 13 Nov 1998, 09:54 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00840" HREF="msg00840.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD clients, testing</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Fri 13 Nov 1998, 17:05 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00834" HREF="msg00834.html">[MUD-Dev] JOB: Project manager and scaling/networking guru needed for game project</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 18:35 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00832" HREF="msg00832.html">[MUD-Dev] MUD clients, testing</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 17:00 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00827" HREF="msg00827.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Chemistry [Warning, scientific content]</A></strong>, Peck, Matthew x96724c1 <a href="mailto:x96724#exmail,usma.army.mil">x96724#exmail,usma.army.mil</a>, Thu 12 Nov 1998, 07:47 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00820" HREF="msg00820.html">[MUD-Dev] AMIN: Unsubscriptions</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 11 Nov 1998, 18:40 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00814" HREF="msg00814.html">[MUD-Dev] OO Design Question</A></strong>, Brad Leach <a href="mailto:c9608122#alinga,newcastle.edu.au">c9608122#alinga,newcastle.edu.au</a>, Wed 11 Nov 1998, 00:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00815" HREF="msg00815.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OO Design Question</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 11 Nov 1998, 00:57 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00813" HREF="msg00813.html">[MUD-Dev] ADMIN: Attributions</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 11 Nov 1998, 00:21 GMT </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>