"3,3-diethylpentane"

Dublin Core

Subject

Description

This artifact is graffiti located in one of the men's bathroom stalls of Strozier Library.

The submitter provided the following about the artifact’s history:
It attempts to satirize the chemical structure of 3,3-diethylpentane, a branched alkane with nine carbon atoms. The skeletal formula of this isomer resembles a swastika. Likewise, the artist (or possibly someone else) claims that the diagram is not hate speech.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Keno Catabay

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

Language

English, chemical nomenclature (IUPAC)

Identifier

Coverage

2000-2024

Posters and Flyers Item Type Metadata

Genre

graffiti

Material

plastic, marker

Circulation

Posted

Linguistic Text

3,3-diethylpentane (an isomer of Nonane) (kerosene) NoT HaTe!! Have you

Visual Text

There is a drawing of the skeletal structure of 3,3-diethylpentane, which also resembles a swastika.

Uploaded

Keno Catabay
Kaela Ramhit 01/16/17
Ellen Cecil-Lemkin 01/22/17

Files

PF-0076-101816.jpg

Citation

Unknown, “"3,3-diethylpentane",” Museum of Everyday Writing, accessed March 29, 2024, https://museumofeverydaywriting.omeka.net/items/show/264.

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