I am glad you all feel that way,a nd that you all understood. My concern is that some idiot would have taken it as gospel and gone looking for a mythical chemical. For me it is easier to make it so it cannot possibly be misunderstood, especially when it comes to chemicals. BEyoung, since you put it as SH based chemicals in your original post, it would not hav been too far a stretch to write NaOH based chemicals in the post.
Water is not a base element. When you start using letters, many people will assume you are talking base elements. [hand] I am sorry if anyone thought I was being critical. I was trying to make it clearer and more useful.
Scott Stone