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Kelis · Decorated Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 193

I believe all three items would damage/destroy electonic devices.

1) Water - Well know conductor and obvious problem for electronics.
2) Mercury - Also a conductor, used in mercury switches. Can connect two or more circuits just by running accross them.
3) Acetone - Not sure why but Tanner seems to be the expert on this one.

So, I speculate that the cube, being a "technological wonder" is an electronic device of some type.

Besides being bad for circuit boards/electronics, are there any other commonalities with the three elements/compounds?

**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:49 am

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i think its more subtle than that --- dunno what tho -- we spent long time looking

**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:36 pm

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RI_Barnica · Veteran Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 124

Acetone is the major component of traditional nail-polish remover. So, for instance, you wouldn't want to get it on anything that was made of some plastics or coated with a plastic (flatscreen monitors, cd cases, auto paint jobs, leather shoes - it would probably strip off the shine and some of the color, etc.).

**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:38 pm

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Maybe we're thinking too limited here. Thought just occurred to me... what if those three substances, instead of using their properties... what about their names? Someone with an acronym system or a lot of time, take the four words "acetone" "water" "liquid" and "mercury" and see what you can do with them. We might want to try the same thing to the chemical formulas... C3H6O, H20, Mg... maybe a chemical whiz can come up with some kind of formula for combining all three? (yes, i realize that mercury sits as a lump when in water... but humor me)

Just a couple thoughts... and MikeyJ, i appreciate the help... i've been racking my and my family's brains for a substance, an object, something that has to do with at least 2, if not all 3 of those substances... but nothing yet.

**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:03 pm

Scott

**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:39 pm

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C4H6HgO4 or Hg(C2H3O2)2

aka
mercuric acetate or mercury acetate or mercury(II) acetate or mercury(II) diacetate or Mercuriacetate or acetic acid or mercury (2+) salt (all the same chemical it has lots of names)

could result from the combination of all three chemicals
MSDS is here http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/m1430.htm

it's a highly toxic posion 1 gram is leathal

**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:54 pm

Salkunh

maybe the cube is a WMD and thats why sente wants it also fulfilling my sente is evil prophecy...huzzah Smile

**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:26 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:32 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:59 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:38 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:51 am

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i'm glad theres some diffrence, all chemical sites i visited listed those as "synonims", but i was pretty sure chemical namming was methodical enough that you shouldn't end up with that many names for one chemical.

**Posted:** Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:39 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:09 pm

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