How do you pronounce zinc dialkyldithiophosphate?

[tinmanSC]

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ZDP or ZDDP, how do you pronounce zinc dialkyldithiophosphate?

 

[MetalSlug]

My head hurt for try to pronoun it

 

[[RT] ProjUltraZ]

die-alkill-die-thigh-o-phosphate

 

[FowVay]

zinc
die
alkyl
dithio
phosphate

 

[scurvy]

Pretty much the same as [RT} ProjUltraZ & FowVay: 'zinc die alkal die thio phosphate'.

Or just 'zee dee dee pee'.

 

[Torrid]

I feel like a stuttering idiot every time I say ZDDP, let alone pronouncing the whole word.

 

[dtt004]

Although IUPAC doesn't really hammer on pronunciation...it goes like this:

zinc

die-alk-yl (or "-al" depending on how you pronounce)

dith-eo

fos-fate

 

[gathermewool]

Originally Posted By: FowVay
zinc
die
alkyl
dithio
phosphate

Originally Posted By: dtt004
Although IUPAC doesn't really hammer on pronunciation...it goes like this:

zinc

die-alk-yl (or "-al" depending on how you pronounce)

dith-eo

fos-fate


These...

If some of you guys don't know, then why are you posting? "die-thigh"? Really?

 

[Burt]

Originally Posted By: tinmanSC
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ZDP or ZDDP, how do you pronounce zinc dialkyldithiophosphate?


V-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y.

 

[OldCowboy]

Actually, [RT] had it right. It is die-thigh-o, not dith-eo.

 

[kasedian]

Who cares?

 

[The motor guy]

Just say zddp or people will give you the [censored] look.

 

[440Magnum]

"... just the way its spelled."

My favorite line from 'Barney Miller' when someone asked Wojciehowicz how to pronounce his name.

 

[tinmanSC]

Originally Posted By: kasedian
Who cares?

Me. Why can't I be curious about it?

 

[[RT] ProjUltraZ]