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[–] uphillbothways@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Dihydrogen monoxide isn't a good name for water, especially in this context. Hydroxic acid or hydrogen hydroxide make much more sense.
Water only splits into O2 and H2 under electrolysis, not due to acid/base chemistry. You have to be actively adding electrons. In solution, it dissociates into ion states as protons H+ and hydroxide OH-.

[–] KlugeMaster@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

TIL better chemical designation for DHMO, but the proper abbreviation was omitted. What is the proper abbreviation for Hydroxic acid? The public needs to know!

[–] YewmanBean@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 year ago

You find this stuff in toilets 🤮

[–] Nice_Melt_Pleb@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They let KIDS drink this stuff in SCHOOLS

[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard the government mixes it with lead in some schools

[–] Cedarwood@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Oof too real

[–] baby_dwoot@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago

I heard they put this stuff in industrial strength solvents and have found loads of it inside virtually every cancerous tumor. Wake up sheeple!!

[–] MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also heard it's in the water supply!

[–] supercriticalcheese@feddit.it 9 points 1 year ago

And you can even drown in it, if submerged in it.

[–] normalmighty@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You wouldn't believe the number of autopsies where they found copious amount of dihydrogen monoxide, but still listed cause of death as "unknown." I've seen teachers promoting this stuff to children! WAKE UP!!!

[–] SaveComengs@lemmy.federa.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

spread the awareness! dhmo.org

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Oh man, wait until people hear about this crazy white liquid making it's way to shelfs all over the country... It's got an even HIGHER number.

[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] petrich0r@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that asbestos under the beaker

[–] rson@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Boric acid enters the chat

technically a beaker of pure H2O open to the atmosphere has pH 5.6