H2O2 is called Hydrogen Peroxide, CO2 is called Carbon Dioxide, and CO is called Carbon Monoxide. Just looking at that, you'd think we'd call H2O Hydrogen Monoxide, but that name dosn't exist. Why?
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H2O2 is called Hydrogen Peroxide, CO2 is called Carbon Dioxide, and CO is called Carbon Monoxide. Just looking at that, you'd think we'd call H2O Hydrogen Monoxide, but that name dosn't exist. Why?
I assume the word water was accepted before we knew anything about atoms.SolidSnake35
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I assume the word water was accepted before we knew anything about atoms.SolidSnake35**************************
I'm not sure probably what SS35 said.
BTW, does anybody know how to make characters subscript in forums, just because saying H20, is technically incorrect?
Which sounds better:
'Hey mom pass me the hydrogen monoxide, please?'
'Hey mom pass me the water, please?'
There ya go.
sthadji
Hydrogen oxide! I need some hydrogen oxide!
I bet if you say that to a person after crawling for days through the desert, you'll die right there infront of them because nobody knows what the hell you're saying.
who the hell passes the water anyways:|Which sounds better:
'Hey mom pass the hydrogen monoxide, please?'
'Hey mom pass the water, please?'
There ya go.
sthadji
[QUOTE="NetYankEagle"][QUOTE="sthadji"]who the hell passes the water anyways:|Which sounds better:
'Hey mom pass the hydrogen monoxide, please?'
'Hey mom pass the water, please?'
There ya go.
sthadji
When you're sitting at a table and you can't reach for the bottle :|
so now its a water bottle:|I assume the word water was accepted before we knew anything about atoms.SolidSnake35
It was discovered in 10,000 BC by a caveman called John Water.Big_Bad_Sad
Well, I suppose the question has been answered.
They came up with a common name before they discovered the molecular name.CJL182Should be pretty obvious, huh? Water is the most abundant molecule on Earth, it should be obvious that it was named way before the molecular structure was discovered, and way before a structured naming system for molecules was devised.
[QUOTE="sthadji"][QUOTE="NetYankEagle"][QUOTE="sthadji"]who the hell passes the water anyways:|Which sounds better:
'Hey mom pass the hydrogen monoxide, please?'
'Hey mom pass the water, please?'
There ya go.
NetYankEagle
When you're sitting at a table and you can't reach for the bottle :|
so now its a water bottle:|Yes. Thats where water is usually stored in.
[QUOTE="NetYankEagle"][QUOTE="sthadji"][QUOTE="NetYankEagle"][QUOTE="sthadji"]who the hell passes the water anyways:|Which sounds better:
'Hey mom pass the hydrogen monoxide, please?'
'Hey mom pass the water, please?'
There ya go.
sthadji
When you're sitting at a table and you can't reach for the bottle :|
so now its a water bottle:|Yes. Thats where water is usually stored in.
So the earth is one big bottle:|They came up with a common name before they discovered the molecular name.
Edit: I just noticed, but shouldn't it be DIhydrogen monoxide???
CJL182
It is.
[QUOTE="CJL182"]They came up with a common name before they discovered the molecular name.
Edit: I just noticed, but shouldn't it be DIhydrogen monoxide???
NightStalkerBX
It is.
There are many ways you can name water. I've taken this list from wikipedia:
Water
Aqua
Hydrogen oxide
Hydrogen hydroxide
Hydrate
Oxidane
Hydroxic acid
Dihydrogen monoxide
Hydronium hydroxide
Hydroxyl acid
Dihydrogen oxide
Hydrohydroxic acid
μ-Oxido dihydrogen
Light Water
From wiki:
In 2006, in Louisville, Kentucky, David Karem, executive director of the Waterfront Development Corporation, a public body that operates Waterfront Park, which features a large, accessible public fountain, wished to deter bathers from using the fountain. "Counting on a lack of understanding about water's chemical makeup," he arranged for signs reading: "DANGER WATER - CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF HYDROGEN - KEEP OUT" to be posted on the fountain at public expense.[24][25]
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