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Chemistry is weird (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Even just H and O on their own can be quite scary. Throw them together and BAM, ubiquitous lifegiving liquid.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I know you wrote H and O, and not H2 and O2, but I'm going to assume the gas forms because those two substances pretty much cannot exist in their pure forms

    And for those, O2 is necessary for our life, and H2 is non-toxic, it's just very flammable. So I don't know if the comparison fully works

    Of course, you're right if you mean pure H and pure O, but, again, they will immediately combine to form a new substance

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