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minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 months agoYes, 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-up18·10 months agoBut spaghetti also needs water so wouldn’t that make it a hydrocarbonara?
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minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoDon’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·edit-210 months agoI have never heard of anyone eating a carburetor and dying, so we have to assume it’s safe to eat
minus-squareapolo399@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-210 months agoCarbohydrates are the ones with (H20)n
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoTo hydrate means to add water. Hence a hydrate has OH2 added.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoMore 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
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!