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minus-squareisolatedscotchlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·2 年前one is food for animals, the other is food for cars
minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 年前Yes, 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-up18·2 年前But spaghetti also needs water so wouldn’t that make it a hydrocarbonara?
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minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 年前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.
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 年前I have never heard of anyone eating a carburetor and dying, so we have to assume it’s safe to eat
minus-squareapolo399@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前Carbohydrates are the ones with (H20)n
minus-squarePotatoesFalllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前To hydrate means to add water. Hence a hydrate has OH2 added.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前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
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
Carbohydrates are the ones with (H20)n
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!