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For those of you who've gotten the acceptance folders, congratulations! Could one of you enlighten me as to the significance of that horrendously long chemical compound?



A sign that HMC may be too smart for you: You can't understand what's written on the acceptance folder. :P

ernestjohn

i looked at past threads! apparently it's a chemical found in mud CONGRATS :>!!!!

"Turns out it's the phyllosilicate mineral clinochlore. I think it's a mineral found in the region, so I bet it's from the mud of Mudd. Clinochlore Mineral Data"

chemgeek

I was wondering the same thing. It has a high mass fraction of both silicon and oxygen both of which are common substances in the crust and mantle. Yea, it was a bad joke especially considering mud is not homogenous (and the way they parenthetically entered "mudd" made it seem like they thought the compound given was a formula--per say--for mud) and, what's worse, clinochlore isn't even that abundant (my educated guess) .

Also, it's not a phyllosilicate. Phyllosilicate's have a 2:5 ratio of Si:O in the silicon oxide group. I'm not quite sure how to classify it (I only know IUPAC which applies for organic not inorganic compounds. sorry! :P )

azalia

A few years back when my son googled it when he was admitted, the formula matched clinochlore. It isn't mud, it is a mineral in the mudrock. It was quite pretty and sparkely. And had very diverse properties. I thought it was pretty cool that the admission folder had both a compliment and a research project built into the cover. The newly admitted Mudders are unique and diverse, and now in mudd! Good luck to those admitted.