Re: WF10/MMS Silverfox Question

Tom,
Really?

I was referring to "chlorite" as a "proper noun" so to speak, that is as defined by the official naming organization. Not in the sense that lots of things have chorites in them. As I thought I wrote, those names I listed are synonoms for "chlorite," as in they have the same structure, mass, and have the same properties. I even copied it onto my post for everybody's ease of access.

I was not writing about ClO3 or 4 or whatever you mentioned. They no doubt all have chorite ions and I bet you could come up with a lot more, but that's not what I was referring to in my post.

As far as HClO2 or as it's also known ClHO2, I already said I missed the hydrogen atom, however, it's still a chlorite. Feel free to look at the references I listed.

As far as whether ClO2 is positively or negatively charged, it's still ClO2. The negatively charged are, as you know, chlorites. The positively charged molecules are chlorine dioxide as well, also called chlorine oxide, but are not chlorites as far as I know. Chlorine dioxide with a negative charge is formed when the positively charged molecule is mixed with an acid as does your favorite molecule, chlorous acid.

Thanks for the info Tom. How's that yogurt coming? Tweet