Flying Squid@mander.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoMaybe stick to the stuff that comes out of the tap.mander.xyzimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.1Karrow-down1imageMaybe stick to the stuff that comes out of the tap.mander.xyzFlying Squid@mander.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoI believe that would be H2O2? H2O4 would be Tetraoxidane if I’m not mistaken, but neither of those takes into account the U (Uranium) at the end there. Of course, I don’t know much about how things would go beyond production, they may reach with each other and ultimately settle into something else.
minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoyou’re right, so the original post has not just one but two mistakes
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agono, chemicals often have multiple correct names https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Uranium-peroxide
minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agookay but then why is it called “dioxideperoxide”? why is “oxide” twice in there? and why those prefixes?
I believe that would be H2O2?
H2O4 would be Tetraoxidane if I’m not mistaken, but neither of those takes into account the U (Uranium) at the end there.
Of course, I don’t know much about how things would go beyond production, they may reach with each other and ultimately settle into something else.
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?