English term
CO2
5 +7 | CO subscript 2 | Edith Kelly |
5 +5 | carbon dioxide | José J. Martínez |
4 +2 | carbon (emissions) | Adele Oliveri |
Jan 19, 2011 05:49: Edith Kelly changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL, Sandra & Kenneth Grossman, Edith Kelly
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Responses
CO subscript 2
CO2 is sometimes used when people are sloppy but this is not correct.
agree |
Siegfried Armbruster
2 hrs
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agree |
Phong Le
3 hrs
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agree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: this answers the Q, capital CO subscript 2
4 hrs
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agree |
Rolf Keiser
4 hrs
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agree |
jccantrell
: With Cilian from the USA.
10 hrs
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agree |
Rachel Fell
13 hrs
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agree |
James Lupton
: Don't understand why this controversial: CO and subscript 2
999 days
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carbon dioxide
agree |
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
: I don't quite get the asker's question... "2" should be in subscript (smaller type, below the baseline) if writing as the formula.
13 mins
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Thank you colleagues, but I think this was just an excercise in futility.
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disagree |
Edith Kelly
: please read the question carefully, this has not been asked
46 mins
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Thank you colleagues, but I think this was just an excercise in futility.
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agree |
Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL
: Exactly. Besides, the proper way of writing is to spell out in full (carbon dioxide).
55 mins
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Thank you colleagues, but I think this was just an excercise in futility.
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agree |
BrigitteHilgner
: I don't quite understand what the asker wants but I dare say this is a correct answer.
1 hr
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Thank you colleagues, but I think this was just an excercise in futility.
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agree |
Phong Le
3 hrs
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Thank you colleagues, but I think this was just an excercise in futility.
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agree |
Polangmar
6 hrs
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Thank you colleagues, but I think this was just an excercise in futility.
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agree |
Giovanni Pizzati (X)
: Ok, that's true chemistry!
8 hrs
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Thank you colleagues, but I think this was just an excercise in futility.
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carbon (emissions)
See: http://www.google.com/search?q="carbon emissions"&ie=utf-8&o...
for references.
agree |
Phong Le
1 hr
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Thank you Phong Le :-)
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agree |
Carol Gullidge
: yes, reduce carbon emmissions!
2 hrs
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Totally agree! Thank you Carol :-)
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neutral |
Edith Kelly
: though the answer is correct, it is NOT an answer to the question.
2 hrs
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neutral |
Polangmar
: The question is about CO2 and the sentence is only an example: "for example to cut CO2 emission".
4 hrs
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Discussion
Besides, there's no need to be a chemist to know how to write the chemical formula CO2. Anyone who has studied Chemistry in school will know that--you don't need to study Advanced Chemistry to know how to write CO2.