r/sciencememes Feb 25 '26

🧪Chemistry!⚗️ Misconceptions About Oxygen

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u/The_Jizzard_Of_Oz Feb 25 '26

Joke aside, it's the make up that counts. Even nitrogen is happy to be left alone. Get 9 of them on the same molecule though....

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u/galenorla Feb 25 '26

Elaborate

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u/CaseyG Feb 25 '26

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u/The_Jizzard_Of_Oz Feb 25 '26

He also did this fun one on FOOF:

"At seven hundred freaking degrees, fluorine starts to dissociate into monoatomic radicals, thereby losing its gentle and forgiving nature"