Re: Okay all you genuises, need some input here

From my experience as a chemist, John is correct.

>- I should add the the 5000 kilojoules / mole is equivalent to
needing 1100 Calories (food Calories = 1000 calories) for 1 mole of calcium or 40 grams.

First, Ca++ is its natural state due to natural valence and adding energt ro break off an extra electron is useless as the electron would re-associate itself as soon as the energy had dissipated (immediately in our perspective). This is just a waste of energy except for theoretical purposes.

>- http://www.chem1.com/CQ/ionbunk.html appears to be a lot of bunk to me. There are many valid points but it also has some garbage.