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...student had broken a bottle of tetrahydrofuran (THF), a highly flammable solvent, and a nearby electric stove ignited the THF fumes...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Can We Prevent Chemical Spills? | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

Much work remains to be done before Stroke can write a symphony and show the entire structure of any molecule. But the results thus far are promising. Stroke's pilot study, involving a substance called magnesium bromide tetrahydrofuran, clearly reveals the precise arrangement of the molecule's magnesium, oxygen and carbon atoms in one plane of the crystal. It is more of the molecule than science has yet been able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Molecules in 3-D | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

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