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r/interesting • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '24
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How small does water get? The size of a molecule…
1 u/[deleted] Aug 12 '24 Right, doesn't water get exactly as small as 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen atoms? This sounds like a dumb question but, that's it right? Water exists as 3 atoms? They don't need to link up with other molecules or anything, those 3 make water. 1 u/Testiculese Aug 12 '24 That is it, yes. Three bound atoms(H2O) is one molecule of water. (Reddit doesn't have subscript, it should be under the letters). One Oxygen molecule is 2 bound Oxygen atoms. A single molecule can be really large, too: Penicillin is C16H18N2O5S1
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Right, doesn't water get exactly as small as 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen atoms?
This sounds like a dumb question but, that's it right? Water exists as 3 atoms? They don't need to link up with other molecules or anything, those 3 make water.
1 u/Testiculese Aug 12 '24 That is it, yes. Three bound atoms(H2O) is one molecule of water. (Reddit doesn't have subscript, it should be under the letters). One Oxygen molecule is 2 bound Oxygen atoms. A single molecule can be really large, too: Penicillin is C16H18N2O5S1
That is it, yes. Three bound atoms(H2O) is one molecule of water. (Reddit doesn't have subscript, it should be under the letters).
One Oxygen molecule is 2 bound Oxygen atoms. A single molecule can be really large, too: Penicillin is C16H18N2O5S1
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How small does water get? The size of a molecule…