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Fun With Chemistry #3: FINAL Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/23/2011
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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The third and final cache in this series. NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED AND OBTAINED THE CLUES FROM "FUN WITH CHEMISTRY #1: AN ODE TO WALTER WHITE" AND "FUN WITH CHEMISTRY #2: ATOMIC NUMBERS TO COMPLETE THIS CACHE!!

The cache is NOT at the above cords.



Jean Beguin was a chemist noted for his 1610 Tyrocinium Chymicum (Beginner's Chemistry), which many consider to be one of the first chemistry textbooks.
In the 1615 edition of his textbook, Beguin made the first-ever chemical equation, detailing the reaction of Mercuric chloride (HgCl2) with Stibnite (Sb2S3).

The law of conservation of mass dictates the quantity of each element does not change in a chemical reaction. Thus, each side of the chemical equation must represent the same quantity of any particular element. Similarly,the charge is conserved in a chemical reaction. Therefore, the same charge must be present on both sides of the balanced equation.

I have listed some compounds below as well as their chemical formulas, you will use them to solve this puzzle.

Phosphoric Acid= H3PO4
Magnesium Hydroxide= Mg(OH)2
Magnesium Phosphate= Mg3(PO4)2
Water=H2O

Using the chemical formulas above, balance the following equation.

AH3PO4 + BMg(OH)2 yields CMg3(PO4)2 + DH2O
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Final Cords are as follows:
N 36 BB EFG
W 82 HI JKL

A,B,C and D you'll get from the equation above.
H= A+C
I=D-3
EFG= atomic number of clue found in second cache, multiplied by 10,then subtracted by 150.
JKL= atomic number of clue found in first cache, multiplied by 10,then add 33.

PLEASE BE SURE TO HIDE BACK AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT!

equal trade or no trade! *************************************************************************************************

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.



FTF HONORS GO TO Ole Tom Bombadil

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab arrq gb rng lbhe terraf sbe guvf bar.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)