• @Eheran@lemmy.world
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    1510 months ago

    Hydroxic acid sounds more terrible in this context, yes. But what does that have to do with possible reactions of H2O?

    • uphillbothways
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      10 months ago

      https://wiki.c2.com/?HydrogenHydroxide

      Hydrogen Hydroxide
      Water.
      Specifically, water reacting as a base. When reacting as an acid its systematic name is Hydroxic Acid.
      Oddly enough, water can be considered a molecule (H2O), or an ion group (H+ and OH-). Once I got that through my skull, the whole acid/base mess got much clearer.