The Questions Thread.

[Kacho]

^You can't say Srs without Cruxis' permission, or he'll penetrate you and call you a ****.

sounds violent and energetic....
um.. ok, going into wrong direction here... *use protect

[PerseusRad]

That really WAS spam. Who can answer my question?

[G50]

I apologize.

What do you call a group of Dodo birds?

A group of dodo birds I believe is a flock.

[PerseusRad]

Okay. Some birds have a different name when they are in a group. Thank you for the answer.

[Gelatino95]

I will do emu, ostrich, rhea

Thanks

[PerseusRad]

What does ergonomic mean?

[G50]

literal meaning - Laws (nomos) of work (Ergon)
Ergonomics is the science of adapting the job and/or the equipment and the human to each other for optimal safety and productivity.

[PerseusRad]

What is Joe Merrick's middle name? I'm a stalker.

[Jb]

What is Joe Merrick's middle name? I'm a stalker.

Why would any know what Joe's middle name is?

[PerseusRad]

I don't know. Do you know who he is anyway?

[Gelatino95]

What does ergonomic mean?

Ergonomics is the coordination of human efforts in order to optimize efficiency

Ergonomic is the way one would describe a system of human efforts that optimizes efficiency

I made up those definitions myself.

[Jb]

I don't know. Do you know who he is anyway?

Yes, I do.

[Gelatino95]

I don't know. Do you know who he is anyway?

Just stop

[GrizzlyB]

Are you sure it's not just H2 and O2? Where does the carbon come from? This is what I always heard:

H2O2 --> H2 + O2

It degrades to water and oxygen gas, 2 H2O2 --> 2 H2O + O2. Something producing both hydrogen and oxygen gas within a bottle is not something you want sitting in your medicine cabinet. Still, your guess is actually possible based on some sort of principle, so that's gotta be worth something.

yeah, that's the right one.
sorry, just did a lab with Oxalate C2O2...

Oxalate ions are C2O4[-2]. No idea what C2O2 is.

[Gelatino95]

No idea what C2O2 is.

Dicarbon dioxide

[Kacho]

Oxalate ions are C2O4[-2]. No idea what C2O2 is.

C2O2
C2O2 is something...

[GrizzlyB]

Dicarbon dioxide

C2O2
C2O2 is something...

hypothetical chemical compound

Well, that explains why I didn't know what the hell it was (I mean, I could guess a name for it, but who gives a **** about those amirite).

[Gelatino95]

I just used the rules for nomenclature of covalent compounds, don't bash me I'm only in high school chem

[Kacho]

I just used the rules for nomenclature of covalent compounds, don't bash me I'm only in high school chem

while it is covalent, it is also organic... so some rules change...

Well, that explains why I didn't know what the hell it was (I mean, I could guess a name for it, but who gives a **** about those amirite).

It's organic compound naming... I am not taking organic chem though lol

[Gelatino95]

while it is covalent, it is also organic... so some rules change...

What makes a compound organic?

[GrizzlyB]

I just used the rules for nomenclature of covalent compounds, don't bash me I'm only in high school chem

No bashing going on guvnah. I was just alluding to the fact that it's a lot more important to me to know how compounds act than how they look or what they're called, and that, whether it had been real or not, I knew nothing about any C2O2 molecule.

while it is covalent, it is also organic... so some rules change...



It's organic compound naming... I am not taking organic chem though lol

Rules don't so much change as switch between different sets. There were like four names listed, and they were all right, just different.

There's no "organic naming" scheme, though, and talking about names is, again, totally missing my point.

What makes a compound organic?

It... has carbon? That's the only iron-clad rule I can think of, but obviously that's not fully accurate. I think it's just sort of arbitrary where they go, "Well, this contains carbon, but no, it's not organic." CO2 is one prominent example, and I'd bet that C2O2 would also be inorganic. It's a little easier to figure out than that sounds, though.

[Gelatino95]

It... has carbon? That's the only iron-clad rule I can think of, but obviously that's not fully accurate. I think it's just sort of arbitrary where they go, "Well, this contains carbon, but no, it's not organic." CO2 is one prominent example, and I'd bet that C2O2 would also be inorganic. It's a little easier to figure out than that sounds, though.

I thought it was organic if it contains both carbon and hydrogen simultaneously.

But that was my freshman year, so don't hold me to that.

[Pesky Persian]

I thought it was organic if it contains both carbon and hydrogen simultaneously.

But that was my freshman year, so don't hold me to that.

It doesn't have to contain hydrogen to be an organic compound. As long as it contains a significant amount of carbon, it's classified as organic.

Edit: I will point out, though, that it depends where your get your definition as there currently is no "official" definition for what constitutes "organic" in chemistry, although what I posted above is typically accepted.

[GrizzlyB]

I thought it was organic if it contains both carbon and hydrogen simultaneously.

But that was my freshman year, so don't hold me to that.

See now, you've put me in a pickle because pretty much every organic compound will have hydrogen. The only ones that I can think of that won't are ones that have halides (which can almost always be easily substituted with hydrogen), like CCl4 or CFCs. But I guess there are enough so that it isn't the rule.

Edit: I will point out, though, that it depends where your get your definition as there currently is no "official" definition for what constitutes "organic" in chemistry, although what I posted above is typically accepted.

This is also extremely relevant. Still, when in doubt, ignore the other nonsense and listen to IUPAC.

[Kacho]

Still, when in doubt, ignore the other nonsense and listen to IUPAC.

this. at least you can talk to your european cousin or canadian cousin without mixing up compounds