My mistake

From: YONG HUANG <Y0H8797(-(at)-)ACS.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: My mistake
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 11:53:13 -0500 (CDT)

 I apologize for my mistake due to my stupidity regarding to the NaCl question.
 I came up with the question when I saw a gas-phase equation in a book (maybe
 Dewar's PMO Theory book or some other book): Na+HCl->NaCl+H(sup)+. Obviously
 this is an abbreviation for the reaction where an electron is omitted on the
 right side. I was puzzled by the rule which is often strictly followed in mass
 spectrometry that a radical is written as "X(sup)." and a radical
 cation as
 "X(sup)+.". OK. A Na atom is a radical. How come I didn't think of
 this? Thanks
 for enlightenment and for the curtain of the Internet.
 Yong
 Hi, I'm a student, not a doctor yet.