To: aft_lizard
The valence of oxygen is two, so it could not have three hydrogen molecules bound to it...
37 posted on
12/17/2007 9:01:45 AM PST by
tracer
To: tracer
“Hydrogen molecules” should have been written by me as “hydrogen atoms.” D-OH!!
40 posted on
12/17/2007 9:04:11 AM PST by
tracer
To: tracer
“Hydrogen molecules” should have been written by me as “hydrogen atoms.” D-OH!!
41 posted on
12/17/2007 9:04:15 AM PST by
tracer
To: tracer
It would have to be H3O+ (Hydronium - most acidic species that can exist in water).
To: tracer
Umm take intro to chemistry H3O+ is what you get your pH from. I don't know how best to describe it to you but it is one of the first things I learned in chemistry.
46 posted on
12/17/2007 9:07:46 AM PST by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
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