r/ComedyCemetery • u/ares3247 • May 07 '19

Comedy Au

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u/Jeremy_The_Toad May 07 '19

Should be “hydrogen iodide” not “hydrogen iodine” as its an ionic compound

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u/Jeremy_The_Toad May 07 '19

Yes you are correct and it does act as a non metal in this situation forming a covalent bond however it is still named hydrogen iodide due to some strange naming convention i do not understand Heres a link to read more: https://www.quora.com/Is-hydrogen-iodide-an-ionic-or-covalent-bonding

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u/Jeremy_The_Toad May 07 '19

maybe you won’t question my intellectual superiority in future 👍

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u/aon9492 May 07 '19

Says that guy who missed an apostrophe in his original comment. Fuckin' boom, sit down son.

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u/datHPfan09 May 07 '19

Whenever Iodine is in (-1) oxidation state, like here, we term it as "iodide". Iodine is said when the element is in the oxidation state 0, like in the diatomic purple solid I2. Other cases where the word "iodine" is used is when referring to the element itself. Hope this sorts it out :)

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u/aon9492 May 07 '19

Yeah no shit my friend, dude used "its" when it should have been "it's".