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neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  one is food for animals, the other is food for cars

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  • neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yes, but which is which? Nothing in the name tells me whether it has oxygen in its chemical composition.

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    • loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Well, you might’ve heard foods with carbohydrates are sometimes referred to by the abbreviation “carbs". If you know carbs are food, it’s obvious the word starting in “carb-” is the edible one.

      If you weren’t familiar with that abbreviation, here’s another memory helper: Spaghetti carbonara contains carbs.

      If you’re also not familiar with spaghetti carbonara, I’m very sorry for you.

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      • ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        But spaghetti also needs water so wouldn’t that make it a hydrocarbonara?

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      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Don’t cars have carborators? Are carborators edible?

        I don’t know anything about cars except they go vroom. I know even less about chemistry.

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    • apolo399@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Carbohydrates are the ones with (H_2 O)_n

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    • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      To hydrate means to add water. Hence a hydrate has OH2 added.

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      • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        More generally, -ate itself means ‘with oxygen’.

        Carbonate = carbon + oxygen

        Nitrate = nitrogen + oxygen

        Phosphate = phosphorus + oxygen

        There is apparently some nuance but it is a good rule to remember: …stackexchange.com/…/when-to-use-ate-and-ite-for-…

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      • Mango@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Oooohhhh, nice!

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