• @Mercival@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Gets pretty deep the more you think about it. There are 0 hydrogen atoms in a molecule of water. Does that mean the sun is a negative star?

      What I’m saying is, life has no meaning.

      • rumschlumpel
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        7 months ago

        I tought a water molecule is 2 atoms of hydrogen and 1 atom of oxygen? Or does it not count as an atom anymore when it’s part of a molecule?

        • @Mercival@lemm.ee
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          57 months ago

          Technically molecules consist of ions, not atoms. Though now that I look it up, they’re used more or less interchangeably in English in this context.

          • @Bandicoot_Academic
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            277 months ago

            Dosen’t that depend on the type of bond between the atoms? Ions are created only if there is a ionic bond. Water has covalent bonds so it dosen’t create ions.

          • @saigot@lemmy.ca
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            I would argue that all ions are still atoms. More importantly, not all water molecules ionize under regular conditions, the vast majority in fact remains in molecular form.

            • ChaoticNeutralCzech
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              Yes, ions are non-neutral atoms. However, the polar bond in H₂O technically means that the atoms in the molecule are ionized.

            • @Mercival@lemm.ee
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              37 months ago

              You’re right. The water molecule doesn’t even consist of ions, it has covalent bonds. I dun goofed big time.