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from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 23 Jun 10:58
https://mander.xyz/post/14493816

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neidu2@feddit.nl on 23 Jun 11:23 next collapse

And here’s me, mixing up hydrocarbons and carbohydrates.

isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de on 23 Jun 11:52 collapse

one is food for animals, the other is food for cars

neidu2@feddit.nl on 23 Jun 11:57 collapse

Yes, but which is which? Nothing in the name tells me whether it has oxygen in its chemical composition.

loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works on 23 Jun 12:37 next collapse

Well, you might’ve heard foods with carbohydrates are sometimes referred to by the abbreviation “carbs". If you know carbs are food, it’s obvious the word starting in “carb-” is the edible one.

If you weren’t familiar with that abbreviation, here’s another memory helper: Spaghetti carbonara contains carbs.

If you’re also not familiar with spaghetti carbonara, I’m very sorry for you.

ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml on 23 Jun 13:29 next collapse

But spaghetti also needs water so wouldn’t that make it a hydrocarbonara?

loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works on 23 Jun 14:11 next collapse

Aye, I stand defeated.

ricdeh@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 07:47 collapse

Or a carbonarahydrate?

CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Jun 16:48 collapse

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.

ignotum@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 21:35 collapse

I have never heard of anyone eating a carburetor and dying, so we have to assume it’s safe to eat

apolo399@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 18:38 next collapse

Carbohydrates are the ones with (H20)n

PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de on 24 Jun 07:17 collapse

To hydrate means to add water. Hence a hydrate has OH2 added.

Mango@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 19:36 next collapse

Oooohhhh, nice!

SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz on 27 Jun 11:49 collapse

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: …stackexchange.com/…/when-to-use-ate-and-ite-for-…

Skullgrid@lemmy.world on 23 Jun 18:47 next collapse

meth, eth and prop.

anol and ane.

There’s six right there.

edit 0 : I’m wrong, anols need alcohol and hydrocarbons are things with JUST hydrogen and carbon, not any organic hydrogen carbon compound.

edit 1 : butane … nylon?

edit 2 : not nylon…shit…

edit 3: heptane? I thought about pentante but thought against it because of propane, hexane is in the post above…

edit 4 : yeah! Mr white, science, bitch! I haven’t been to chemistry class for about 20 years, so it took me a while.

PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de on 23 Jun 22:09 collapse

-anol would require an oxygen

Skullgrid@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 14:37 collapse

damn. you’re right

PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de on 24 Jun 15:10 collapse

the OP meme is plain wrong btw. They likely meant C6H14. or C5H10 with some very contorted molecules

PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de on 23 Jun 22:08 collapse

  • pentane
  • 2 methyl butane
  • 2,2 dimethyl propane

what else?

PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de on 24 Jun 07:19 collapse

@fossilesque@mander.xyz you got splainin to do :D

you probably meant C6H12?

  • hexane
  • 2-methylpentane
  • 3-methylpentane
  • 2,2-methylbutane
  • 2,3-methylbutane
Mango@lemmy.world on 24 Jun 19:38 collapse

I gotta bring this up when I see the chemical bois putting those numbers up. youtube.com/shorts/ytXnW-qgaMg