<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey Wink,<br><br></div>According to my sister, the biochemist/IB chem teacher, here's the scoop:<br><br>"<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">it is said as E sub A, and it stands for Activation energy, or Energy of Activation.  I would write it out as Energy of activation for written work, and say it that way for text to speech.  The "symbol" form is </span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">capital E, lower case subscript a."<br><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hope that helps!!<br><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Heidi<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>+++++++++++++++<br>Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC<br>Associate Director<br>Center for Educational Access<br>University of Arkansas<br>ARKU 209<br>Fayetteville, AR 72701<br>479.575.3104<br>479.575.7445 fax<br>479.575.3646 tdd<br>+++++++++++++++<br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Wink Harner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com" target="_blank">foreigntype@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Athenites:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Anyone out there who has experience working in chemistry, I have a question on how to pronounce this/read this aloud: [E subscript a'].<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wink Harner<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Adaptive Technology Consulting & Training<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Alternative Text & Media Production<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Foreigntype<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com" target="_blank">foreigntype@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:winkharner1113@gmail.com" target="_blank">winkharner1113@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cooper Black","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cooper Black","serif"">(Disclaimer: this email was dictated with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive any quirks, mis-recognitions, or omissions.)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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