CHEM CROSTIC 3

CHEMMATTERS PUZZLE: CHEM CROSTIC By David OlneyIn a crostic puzzle, a short passage or perhaps a quote is revealed in a grid. Each cell gets an alphabetic letter, placed there by the clues below the grid. A black square denotes the end of a word. Note that some words carry over to the next line.To solve the crostic , put as many of letters into the clue blanks as you can, then transfer them to the grid. For example the quotes first letter will be found in the first blank of clue D. As you continue, youll soon be able to see words in the grid, and can begin to work backwards to complete more clues. The majority of the clues are from the world of Chemistry.

One more hint. The first letters in each clue are arranged alphabetically going down the page. Thus its

unlikely that the answer to clue I is AMPS but it might be WATT !1 D2 C3 G4 A 5 F 6 I7 E 8 J 9 F 10 J11G12C13F

14E15B16I17H 18A19J 20H 21H22E23F24G25J

26F 27D28E29A30A31F 32J33B34J35C

36H37G38F

39A40G41I 42H43B44D45A46E47H48H49G50F

51A52I53B54C55A56E57E58H59F.

THE CLUES

A. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Salt and last, steel and sleet, are examples of ____ .

55 4 39 51 29 45 30 18

B. __ __ __ __

Danish scientist, notably explaining atomic Hydrogens energy levels.

43 15 33 53

C. __ __ __ __ __

Financial misconduct, especially by government office holders.

54 12 35 2 34

D. __ __ __

H2O (s)

1 27 44

E. __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Nationality of the man honored in clue I by a derived SI unit.

57 14 28 46 7 22 56

F. __ __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ Wife and co-worker of Antoine Lavoisier.

59 5 23 31 13 26 50 9 38

G. __ __ __ __ __ __

Buccaneer, robber at sea.

37 49 40 3 24 11

H. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ The kind of charge an alpha particle possesses.

36 42 58 17 20 47 48 21

I. __ __ __ __

One Joule per coulomb; unit of electrical potential.

16 52 6 41

J. __ __ __ __ __

Often used (incorrectly !) as a verb to be synonymous with mass.

10 8 19 32 25

ANSWER TO CHEMMATTERS PUZZLE: THE QUOTE

If an alien were to visit Earth, a car might appear to be a living organism.Source: Rohrig, B. Is Your Car a Living Thing? ChemMatters, Feb 2013, pp 1719.THE CLUESANAGRAM

BOHRGRAFT

ICE

ITALIAN

MARIE-ANNE

PIRATEPOSITIVE

VOLTWEIGHA Note on the Origin of this Quote:The February 2013 issue of ChemMatters contained a fascinating article by Brian Rohrig in which the (slightly edited) opening sentence is our puzzle quote. The article shows how a car converts the burning of a fuel into various energy forms (including motion), even as a human being converts food into energy that keeps us alive and moving. Analogies between the breakdown of food/ fuel molecules, digestive functions/enzymes and catalytic converters are made. A few ways by which cars are not living things are offered, as well. Also, teachers can get some ideas for classroom usage from the Teacherss Guide for that issue.David Olney

note to the editor

Patrice:

Youll have to make sure that Brians original article is one of the articles available for photocopying and/or downloading in that Feb 2013 issue.