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[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 37 points 4 months ago

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

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 4 months ago

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

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 14 points 4 months ago

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

[-] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

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 18 points 4 months ago

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

[-] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

Aye, I stand defeated.

[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Or a carbonarahydrate?

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

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 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[-] apolo399@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Carbohydrates are the ones with (H20)n

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 months ago

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

[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 months ago

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: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/32962/when-to-use-ate-and-ite-for-naming-oxyanions

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oooohhhh, nice!

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
  • pentane
  • 2 methyl butane
  • 2,2 dimethyl propane

what else?

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

@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 2 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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 6 points 4 months ago

-anol would require an oxygen

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

damn. you're right

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

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

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