But the question is, is it hydrogen oxide or hydroxide?
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Sounds like you're describing hydrogen peroxide, as pairs of individual hydrogen and oxygen atoms don't exactly like to exist alone, so they pair up as H2O2
So you can burn water!
aka hydrogen ash
Ice is just water in slow motion
Neatly arranged water
I think its neat too! Hydrogen bonds ftw.
Nitrogen bonding is more fun.
Found the huffer
suddenly huffy brand bikes make more sense
Guess again. Think nitrogen bonds in exothermic redox reactions.
Found the sapper!
*In my best Barry White voice, "oh baby"!
Found the huffer
Guess again. :(
Edit: Nitrous Oxide is not exothermic in humans, for the medicine or the fun. Its an NMDA receptor agonist.
Oh, you must huff freon..
Good for you. /s
Or fully-hydrogenated oxygen.
That works too 👍
"You won't believe how many people each year die from asphyxiation due to this rocket fuel combustion byproduct!"
Every person that died drank it before their death. Coincidence? I don't think so!
Have you already signed the petition to ban it ?
NO MORE RAIN! NO MORE RAIN!
Brawndo, its got electrolytes, its what plants crave!
Since hydrogen is a gas in its natural state, isn't it technically "chilled, rusted hydrogen" because it is a liquid which has less energy than gas?
gas in its natural state
Well that's just your room temperature and pressure bias talking. All states are natural states, subject to environmental conditions.
Wow, you make a good point 👍
Disturbing, I know. Don't tell my wife.
In all seriousness, you should watch out for a related chemical, dihydrogen monoxide. DHMO claims thousands of lives every year!
That's why I drink beer 🍻
Many breweries add DHMO directly to their product without disclosing it on the label.
Damn, I thought they filtered all that out with fish bladders or some shit like that. Fuck, well today I learned.. /s 😂🤣
another quintessential shower thought. I approve.
And salt is just evil sugar.
and sugar is just deficient garlic
These are the brilliant chucklefuck ideas that keep me coming back to the real internet, no AI slop here, you make a serious point 👍
Well, at least you got the hydrogen part correct.
Its oxidized, so its corroded. AKA, in simple laymans terms, rusted.
Rust is commonly referred to oxidation on iron, uncommonly to oxidation on other metals. Never to non-metals.
Hydrogen, fully frozen, has been declared as a confusing metal..
I dunno 🤷
Except you aren't talking "frozen" hydrogen. You're talking "molten" hydrogen.
Even by your made up definitions, you're wrong.
Hey, I wrote the post, I get to mention other states of matter at other temperatures as well.
I think hydrogen is arguably a metal but its 2/3 for not a metal depending on which definition you use.