Comment on Anon hates aluminum

• Liz@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You can get loads of pretty uranium colors in solution. I love me some chemistry, where the answer to the question “what color is it?” is preceded by “well it depends on the oxidation state…”

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  • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    wouldn’t that be postceded

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    • Liz@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The answer to the question is preceded by the phrase. Yeah, it was tricky grammar but I didn’t feel like trying to come up with a more clear phrasing.

      Anyway, as in “Well, that depends on the oxidation state. Aqueous +2 would give you…”

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