jeffw@lemmy.world to Earth, Environment, and GeosciencesEnglish · 6 days agoWe developed a way to use light to dismantle PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ – long-lasting environmental pollutantstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10cross-posted to: dangerdust@lemmy.worldinterestingshare@lemmy.zip
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkWe developed a way to use light to dismantle PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ – long-lasting environmental pollutantstheconversation.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Earth, Environment, and GeosciencesEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: dangerdust@lemmy.worldinterestingshare@lemmy.zip
minus-squarekunegislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·6 days ago a chain of incredibly strong carbon-fluorine bonds Pedantic mode: The longest chain of C-F bonds you can have has length two.
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agotheir example seems to have 10. is it just fake?
minus-squarekunegislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYou can have as many C-F bonds as you want i a single molecule, but not in a chain, because F will be connected to only a single C.
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoyeah I think it was refering to a carbon chain that contains c-f bonds on the carbon. not a chaain of c-f bonds. EDITED - ah I finally noticed the pedantic mode which I must have glossed over before.
Pedantic mode: The longest chain of C-F bonds you can have has length two.
their example seems to have 10. is it just fake?
You can have as many C-F bonds as you want i a single molecule, but not in a chain, because F will be connected to only a single C.
yeah I think it was refering to a carbon chain that contains c-f bonds on the carbon. not a chaain of c-f bonds. EDITED - ah I finally noticed the pedantic mode which I must have glossed over before.