Flying Squid@mander.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agoMaybe stick to the stuff that comes out of the tap.mander.xyzimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1imageMaybe stick to the stuff that comes out of the tap.mander.xyzFlying Squid@mander.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squarestebo02@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoyou’re right, so the original post has not just one but two mistakes
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agono, chemicals often have multiple correct names https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Uranium-peroxide
minus-squarestebo02@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agookay but then why is it called “dioxideperoxide”? why is “oxide” twice in there? and why those prefixes?
you’re right, so the original post has not just one but two mistakes
no, chemicals often have multiple correct names
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Uranium-peroxide
okay but then why is it called “dioxideperoxide”? why is “oxide” twice in there? and why those prefixes?