On 3 Feb 2017 at 11:48, Douglas Pauls wrote:

> My esteemed colleague refers to another of the half fractional elements,
> Everreadium (Ev-2.5).  Ev has three valence states.  In the +2 valence
> state, it acts a little like lithium.  In the +4 state, it acts a little
> like cadmium.  In the +5 state, a little like lead.  So you can see why
> battery manufacturers first discovered the material.  It is an important
> industrial chemical because it is what fuels the Energizer bunny.  Without
> this important element, the marketing industry would be devastated.  Ev
> hydride, as Dave indicated, is an effective catalyst, though one that is
> somewhat unstable.  It is suspected in a few of the SpaceX launches that
> have gone awry. 

Not to forget the mechanism of spontaneous Ev hydride formation which 
might be the REAL reason for the Note7 battery disaster...

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