Remind your “crunchy” aunt about this when she starts talking about mercury in vaccines
Salt :)
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Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 11 months ago
variants@possumpat.io 11 months ago
Crunchy?
ashaman2007@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Crunchy granola 😋
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Aceticon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
One was heavilly charged and hence angry.
The other was also heavilly charged (the other way around) and hence angry.
Together they have just the right charge and hence are both chill.
Getawombatupya@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Then; “Somebody…”
pH3ra@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
OP discovered electrons
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Tell me more please.
Like what the little electron dudes doing here to make wonderful salt out of these gnarly chemicals.
Asafum@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Electrons are the currency of exchange between atoms essentially, except when they make a transaction they’re “bound” (not by a contract even though I want to say that to continue the metaphor lol) to one another.
The giving or receiving of an electron can cause a large release of energy so when Na is on its own it has the capacity to make a transaction that will result in some release of energy, if the transaction is already completed (as in salt) then the capacity to react is reduced greatly as the available electrons are now being “used.”
I’m not an expert, just an idiot factory worker, but pretty much all reactions are the interaction of electrons between atoms.
ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Technically Cl2 is the deadly gas. It only exists in diatomic form when it isn’t bonded with another atom, or molecule.
Ziglin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think it’s more deadly as atomic chlorine. I’m basing this on how reactive atomic oxygen is.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Keeping each other’s electrons busy, for your pleasure and nourishment… and yes, sometimes abuse.
snekerpimp@lemmy.world 11 months ago
One of the necessary crystals you must ingest or your muscles and brain start misfiring.
VOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
The Combination with water is also pretty nice: HCl (Hydrochloric Acid - Very dangerous) NaOH (Caustic Soda - Also very dangerous) Combine to Literal Saltwater (H2O and NaCl) Interestingly, because the reaction goes both ways, in any amount of salt water, there will be a miniscule amount of Hydrochloric Acid and Caustic Soda. The concentration is so low because they immediately react again, going back to water and salt.
AmidFuror@fedia.io 11 months ago
It's the OH- and H+ (or H3O+) ions that make the acid and base react the way we think about them. You don't need salt for those to form spontaneously in water. Pure water will do it too. But there are many molecules in even a small volume of water, and the average behavior at pH 7 is such that you won't get acid or alkaline burns.
Taalen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Also ammonium chloride. So delicious.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 11 months ago
I have to remind people of this whenever there’s an EV fire and they freak out that water is used to put it out.
Technus@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
You can apply this same logic to basically all of chemistry:
H: explosive, the main ingredient in syars
O: literally the reason fire is a thing, causes rust and kills cells via free radicals
H2O: I’m so wet, UwU
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
But we all know there’s nothing more dangerous than dihydrogen monoxide.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Everyone who has come in contact with that stuff will die.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
100% of corpses are found with traces of this deadly forever chemical. its the secret big brother doesn’t want you to know about.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Not nearly as much so as oxidane