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Weight a Minute, it's Elemental Mystery Cache

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Superted: Time to pt this one to bed now. Thanks to all the budding chemists who have visited it.

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Hidden : 11/25/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is an offset, puzzle, two stage multi-cache. The co-ordinates given are for the general area of west Coventry - NOT the starting point for the cache.

To reach the first stage micro cache you will need to solve the puzzle below. To solve the second stage you will need to answer some questions from information available near the first micro.

There is a car park available close to the first micro.

This cache itself is half-litre air tight plastic container initially containing the usual geocaching type items.

Everything in the world, including geaocachers and their caches, is made from chemicals. There are just over a hundred chemical elements which combine together in tens of thousands of different ways to form chemical compounds. To find the following cache you will have to find the atomic or molecular weights (masses) of the elements or compounds. Molecular weights (masses) are usually not round numbers but just ignore anything after the decimal point.

This element is a is a steel-grey, lustrous, hard metal takes a high polish, and has a high melting point It is added to iron to make stainless steel. It is also used in electroplating to give a shiny finish for such uses as car bumpers - before they all became plastic. The atomic weight of this element = AB


This compound has the formula BeO and is used for rocket engines, catalysts and semiconductors which are used in radio equipment. The molecular weight of this compound = CD



This compound is has the curious name of xylidine. I used to use various forms of xylidine when inventing new dyes many years ago. One I called Lady Dye, which proves it was a long time ago. Some of them were brand new compounds i.e. atoms had never been put together in that order ever before. The molecular weight of xylidine = EFG



This element is the first in the Periodic Table and the lightest. On its own it's explosive but when combined with oxygen makes something that can be used to dilute whiskey. The atomic weight of this element = H



Hydroxylamine is a reactive chemical, usually used as a solution in water for manufacturing other chemicals. It is also used to remove hair from animal hides and in photographic developing solutions The molecular weight of hydroxylamine = IJ



This compound is a natural compound i.e. occurs naturally. It is trimyristin and has the chemical formula C45H86O6. In nutmeg it accounts for the sweet smell and taste of the spice and makes up 20-25% of the overall mass of dried, ground nutmeg. The molecular mass of trimyristin = KLM



The first part of the cache is located at: N AB° CD.EFG W 00H° IJ.KLM

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zvpeb: Ab arrq gb oraq qbja. Veba unf fbzr hfrshy cebcregvrf. Svany: Obj qbja n ovg

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)