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You wrote: 
>
>Well that's why I said you could say it was a catalyst.  In general 
lay
>terms a catalyst is usually refered to as something that speeds up a
>reaction such as heat (or in general energy).  Now obviously energy is 
not a
>catalyst, it does not lower the activation energy, it provides it.  
But as
>this is a diving forum and not a chemical engineering one I thought 
the term
>catalyst was good enough -

About as OK as calling air used in SCUBA diving 'oxyen', a common error 
in non diving circles.
The problem is 'reliability'.  Unless there is an unmistakable 
indication that the statement is tongue in cheek, the tendency is to 
doubt the knowledge of the poster and discount the entire message.  
Language and its proper use, in particular the proper use of 
terminology, is even more important on a forum like thise were a 
diversity of backgrounds exist.

Why do we post - to share information or to ask questions.
In the former case, the information is being disseminated & 'wrong' 
learning or confusin can result if post is inaccurate.


My unitless 0.02.

Esat Atikkan 

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