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• neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Aye, I stand defeated.

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      • ricdeh@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or a carbonarahydrate?

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    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • ignotum@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have never herd of anyone eating a carburetor and dying, so we have to assume it’s safe to eat

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  • apolo399@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Carbohydrates are the ones with (H_2 O)_n

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  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oooohhhh, nice!

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