• @Lord_ToRA
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  • originalucifer
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    2110 months ago

    reminds me of this rhyme

    little johnny is dead and gone, we’ll see his face no more, for what he thought was H2O was H2SO4

    • @spittingimage
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      10 months ago

      Which reminds me of this rhyme:

      Young Tom went too soon, alas

      He tried to trace the escaping gas.

      With lighted match he braved this feat

      Which blew him to the pearly gates!

  • kbal
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    1410 months ago

    Isn’t HgU also pretty toxic though?

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      I don’t think that’s a possible compound. My chemistry knowledge is very rusty but I can recall ever hearing about a chemical bond between two metals.

      Edit: I’m happy to have been corrected.

      • threelonmusketeers
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        410 months ago

        I [can’t] recall ever hearing about a chemical bond between two metals

        That’s what alloys are. Brass, bronze, pewter, etc. Alloys containing mercury get the special name “amalgam”, for some reason.

          • SalamanderM
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            410 months ago

            Essentially, yes.

            Whether the term “molecule” technically includes or excludes a piece of metal is a bit more tricky. I lean towards “no” more than “yes” because there are some important differences between what we generally call a “molecule” and how we think about a glassy or a crystalline solid. But I think both positions are arguable. If we are not being pedantic, then essentially yeah.

          • threelonmusketeers
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            10 months ago

            Kind of. Metallic bonding is a bit different from covalent bonding in that the electrons are delocalized over the entire material rather than trapped between specific atoms. The atoms are still stuck to each other by overlapping electron clouds though, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

  • Cloudless ☼
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    710 months ago

    What do you get when you mix Uranium, Nickel, Cobalt, and Radon?

  • @[email protected]
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    510 months ago

    How can I hug someone if that someone doesn’t exist?

    A “hug” without “u” as in the other person? What am I hugging? The Air?