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minus-squareisolatedscotchlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·vor 2 Jahrenone is food for animals, the other is food for cars
minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·vor 2 JahrenYes, but which is which? Nothing in the name tells me whether it has oxygen in its chemical composition.
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minus-squareMs. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·vor 2 JahrenBut spaghetti also needs water so wouldn’t that make it a hydrocarbonara?
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minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·vor 2 JahrenDon’t cars have carborators? Are carborators edible? I don’t know anything about cars except they go vroom. I know even less about chemistry.
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·vor 2 JahrenI have never heard of anyone eating a carburetor and dying, so we have to assume it’s safe to eat
minus-squarePotatoesFalllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·vor 2 JahrenTo hydrate means to add water. Hence a hydrate has OH2 added.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·vor 2 JahrenMore generally, -ate itself means ‘with oxygen’. Carbonate = carbon + oxygen Nitrate = nitrogen + oxygen Phosphate = phosphorus + oxygen There is apparently some nuance but it is a good rule to remember: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/32962/when-to-use-ate-and-ite-for-naming-oxyanions
minus-squareapolo399@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·vor 2 JahrenCarbohydrates are the ones with (H20)n
one is food for animals, the other is food for cars
Yes, but which is which? Nothing in the name tells me whether it has oxygen in its chemical composition.
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But spaghetti also needs water so wouldn’t that make it a hydrocarbonara?
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Or a carbonarahydrate?
Don’t cars have carborators? Are carborators edible?
I don’t know anything about cars except they go vroom. I know even less about chemistry.
I have never heard of anyone eating a carburetor and dying, so we have to assume it’s safe to eat
To hydrate means to add water. Hence a hydrate has OH2 added.
More generally, -ate itself means ‘with oxygen’.
Carbonate = carbon + oxygen
Nitrate = nitrogen + oxygen
Phosphate = phosphorus + oxygen
There is apparently some nuance but it is a good rule to remember: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/32962/when-to-use-ate-and-ite-for-naming-oxyanions
Oooohhhh, nice!
Carbohydrates are the ones with (H20)n