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Chemistry quiz - What's the correct chemical NAME for water?

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Greenday
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 06:48 am
... but again... water is neutral
how could it be an acid?

anyway, I'm just in 8th grade so don't kill me Embarrassed
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Wilso
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:12 am
Hydrochloric acid is HCl
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Greenday
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:15 am
oh sorry...
i meant hydrogen hydroxide...

i was reading something else
isn't HCl the acid we have in our stomach or something?

anyway, i meant to say hydrogen hydroxide

... i don't know... don't mind me
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Wilso
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:18 am
According to chemfinder

Water [7732-18-5]
Synonyms: Aqua; Dihydrogen oxide; Deionized Ultra-filtered Water; Water; Hydrogen oxide; Ice; Snow; Steam;

Chemfinder
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Greenday
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:20 am
so the chemical name must be Dihydrogen oxide?
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Wilso
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:21 am
greenday, you're smarter than I was at that age!
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Greenday
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:22 am
why do you say that?
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Greenday
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:23 am
why would you say that?
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Wilso
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:24 am
Greenday wrote:
so the chemical name must be Dihydrogen oxide?


That was my first choice on this thread. But as has been noted, nobody calls it anything but water!
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Wilso
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:29 am
Greenday wrote:
why do you say that?


I remember what I was like at that age. And I definitely wasn't as curious as you obviously are!
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Greenday
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:30 am
thank you Smile
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Thomas
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 07:45 am
Maybe the most systematic approach is to list all the ways to group the atoms making up H-O-H, and assigning the canon.

[H2]O -> Dihydrogen Monoxide
O[H2] -> Oxygen Dihydride
[OH]H -> Hydroxic Acid, or Hydroxy Hydride (alternatively: Hydroxic Hydride)
H[OH] -> Hydrogen Hydroxide
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Piffka
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 08:14 am
So did this question about water have anything to do with an April Fool's joke like this one?

Quote:
Radio Station Apologizes for April Fool's Joke
This morning the radio station 100.7 (the Buzz) broadcast an inappropriate hoax for several hours saying that Bremerton's water had "dihydrogen monoxide" in it. This is just another word for water.

The City of Bremerton (Washington state) wants to assure all customers that the water continues to be safe and is of the highest quality. Anyone who would like more information can call the Customer Response Line at 473-5920 or view your Drinking Water Quality Report online. Visit The SUN for a news article on this story.

Kathleen Cahall
City of Bremerton Water Resources Manager
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Thomas
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 08:24 am
Piffka wrote:
So did this question about water have anything to do with an April Fool's joke like this one?

I would imagine it didn't, since the thread had already started on March 25. Hoaxes about Dihydrogen Monoxide, and their inevitable collapse, have long been used as cautionary tales against environmental scares. For example, I believe the dhmo.org website has been existing since the nineties.
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Piffka
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 08:31 am
Thomas, I wondered if whoever started this (a convenient week before) was planning an April Fool's joke and wanted to get it right.
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Thomas
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 08:34 am
I see. If that was the motive, it would have been a neat idea!
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Piffka
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 08:41 am
Yes, a neat idea and I was going to congratulate whoever it was.

Personally, I couldn't think of a good prank this year... and here was one right under my nose.

<maybe next year>

The DHMO website is funny.
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patiodog
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 11:53 am
I am deeply opposed to hydroxy hydride: hydride is the hydrogen anion...
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Thomas
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 12:01 pm
patiodog wrote:
I am deeply opposed to hydroxy hydride: hydride is the hydrogen anion...

What's wrong with a hydrogen anion? It may be a bit unconventional, but it does have the electron configuration of a noble gas, no? But I'm not religious about it, and I confess I've forgotten the name of the hydrogen cation. What was it again?
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patiodog
 
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Wed 7 Apr, 2004 12:07 pm
Nothing wrong with it, but how is it to associate with hydroxide? To generate H2O from H- and OH-, we've got to get rid of the two electrons, and therefore must have either a cationic intermediate or two radicals.
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