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[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is H~2~O~4~U chemically possibly? I feel like you could make a chain out of the oxygens and put hydrogen at both ends but I don't hear anything more that O~3~

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not as written. But uranyl peroxide is a thing.

There’s UO~4~·4(H~2~O) studtite and UO~4~·2(H~2~O) metastudtite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranyl_peroxide

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

yeah lots of minerals can contain water. it's known as water of crystallization

[–] Toes@ani.social 8 points 1 week ago

This is what i missed about old reddit the most.

Love it 😘

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

I don't want to be guy who needs to read the NMR spectra of this stuff.