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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol -5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Weird water molecule if it had only 1 hydrogen atom. Pretty sure we call that ~~peroxide~~ hydroxide (tired haven't slept in days).

Though adding 1 hydrogen for H3O1 would probably win you some nobel prizes

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don’t understand your difficulty with that meme.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

“per”, by the way, roughly means “too many”. [Hydrogen] peroxide is H₂O₂

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't have one? ¯⁠\⁠_⁠ʘ⁠‿⁠ʘ⁠_⁠/⁠¯

I don't understand your difficulty with that.

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How many stars do you think there are in our solar system?

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In other words, the number of stars in our solar system is appxomately e.

[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 3 points 2 months ago

Astrophysics, same order of magnitude... That's about right!