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Alchemy is so hot right now. (mander.xyz)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Fun fact joke: The chemistry of oils is called "Öl-Chemie" in german which sounds almost like alchemy.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Unfortunately this is only fun, not fact. The actual word is "Petrochemie".

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Does that term apply to just petroleum based oils or does it include essential oils extracted from plants, herbs, etc?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I looked and I couldn't find a use of the term "Ölchemie", however I am pretty sure that for all other oils, there were never enough chemical processes to have a need in finding a name for a branch of the chemical industry, as for "Petrochemie". But yes, per the Etymologie link that I looked at, "Petrochemie" comes from greek "petros" for rock, and "ol" for oil - technically (and the article mentioned the same) it should be "Petrolchemie" which makes it closer to the "Alchemy" joke the previous commenter was making :)

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