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By Happy Accident, Chemists Produce a New Blue
NY Times ^ | November 24, 2009 | KENNETH CHANG

Posted on 11/27/2009 10:40:14 PM PST by neverdem

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To: neverdem
Blue?? pffft....I like RED!

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21 posted on 11/28/2009 6:40:45 AM PST by 2sheds
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To: neverdem

“The bluest skies you’ll ever see are in Seattle” — yah, sure.


22 posted on 11/28/2009 8:32:04 AM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: sionnsar

Agree. It should be “the bluest skies you’ve never seen are in Seattle”.


23 posted on 11/28/2009 8:36:46 AM PST by behzinlea
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To: neverdem

Is it just a coincidence that excited a producing “blue” in a blue state?


24 posted on 11/28/2009 8:39:50 AM PST by ThomasThomas (Sometimes I like nuts. That's why I am here.)
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To: stefanbatory

The Brothers leaving Joliet ...


25 posted on 11/28/2009 2:55:40 PM PST by GOPJ (Anthropogenic global warming-the most costly and widespread scientific fraud in history-James Lewis)
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To: neverdem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emM_juVdzds


26 posted on 11/29/2009 11:47:53 AM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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To: Impy

Thanks for the link.


27 posted on 11/29/2009 4:18:05 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: neverdem

It’s a catchy song.


28 posted on 11/29/2009 9:57:42 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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To: neverdem

If it burns blue, this is a major advancement for fireworks. Blue cannot be done at present from what I know and is the elusive color.


29 posted on 11/30/2009 7:10:09 PM PST by wireplay
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To: stefanbatory

I LOVE that movie.

The last time I saw it I was in the hospital - in stitches - and I got laughing so hard I had to turn off the television.


30 posted on 11/30/2009 7:23:09 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: ccmay; neverdem
I'm not surprised it contains manganese oxide.

Some years ago, barium manganate, manganese blue (Pigment Blue 33 to colourmen and chemists) was available to artists. It is the most beautiful cyan blue you can imagine, almost exactly the color of process blue. It was removed from production when it was determined its manufacturing process was too polluting. It was once used to dye concrete, but was also used in oil and watercolor paints.

I still have some tubes of it. Almost no paint companies still carry it.

Old Holland still carries it. I understand this paint company's owner bought up the last of this rare and beautiful pigment.


31 posted on 11/30/2009 7:43:36 PM PST by thecodont
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