Comment on Alchemy is so hot right now.

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Unfortunately this is only fun, not fact. The actual word is “Petrochemie”.

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  • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Does that term apply to just petroleum based oils or does it include essential oils extracted from plants, herbs, etc?

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    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I looked and I couldn’t find a use of the term “Ölchemie”, however I am pretty sure that for all other oils, there were never enough chemical processes to have a need in finding a name for a branch of the chemical industry, as for “Petrochemie”. But yes, per the Etymologie link that I looked at, “Petrochemie” comes from greek “petros” for rock, and “ol” for oil - technically (and the article mentioned the same) it should be “Petrolchemie” which makes it closer to the “Alchemy” joke the previous commenter was making :)

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