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Drink it, I dare ya

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Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    is that even stable? been too long since organic chemistry class

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    • Eiri@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dicarbon monoxide. Wikipedia is shockingly poor in information about it, but “stable” is certainly not the first word I’d use to describe it.

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      • consumptionone@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        From the third sentence is the wiki page:

        It is, however, so extremely reactive that it is not encountered in everyday life.

        So yeah, not at all stable.

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      • ornery_chemist@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Alternatively for a full octet on every atom, oxiryne, which does not exist and does not have a wiki page. It’s basically acetylene with its arms chopped off and the stumps dislocated, bent back, and stapled together with an oxygen atom.

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh, cumulene, I swear on my knees.

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      • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You could also do something like en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_oxide but remove the hydrogens and then have the carbons do a triple bond to make pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/…/Epoxy-acetylene

        Considering ethylene oxide is already so unstable as fuck though due to its strained structure that it’s used as the main component in thermobaric weapons and this would be even more strained, I don’t know if that would be an improvement.

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    • clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Looks pretty darn reactive

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    • grandkaiser@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Alright, so let’s say this bottle suddenly appeared on your kitchen counter:

      t = 0:

      • The liquid C₂O immediately begins to decompose. Since it’s highly unstable, the bonds between carbon and oxygen atoms start breaking apart, even more rapidly in the presence of air.
      • The immediate breakdown will produce carbon monoxide (CO) and elemental carbon ©.

      t = 0 to t = 0.01 milliseconds: The initial decomposition reaction of C₂O releases a significant amount of heat. The heat from this reaction will cause the wax paper bottle to begin melting almost instantly. This would expose the highly reactive C₂O directly to the air. Since the wax paper is flammable, the intense heat would cause the bottle to ignite, adding burning wax to the mix.

      t = 0.01 milliseconds to t = 0.1 milliseconds:

      • The carbon monoxide (CO) gas and solid carbon particles being produced will come into direct contact with the air. In the presence of oxygen, the carbon monoxide (CO) would start to burn, forming carbon dioxide (CO₂) and releasing even more heat: 2CO + O2 --> 2CO2
      • The wax paper bottle will likely be completely engulfed in flames at this point, burning rapidly due to the intense heat generated by the decomposition of C₂O and the oxidation of CO.

      t = 0.1 milliseconds to t = 1 millisecond:

      • The wax paper, now fully aflame, is contributing to the fire, adding smoke and soot from the combustion of hydrocarbons in the wax.
      • As the heat from the fire builds, any residual liquid C₂O would further vaporize and decompose, intensifying the reaction. The decomposition continues to produce CO and solid carbon, while the surrounding air feeds oxygen to the burning CO, turning it into CO₂.
      • At this stage, the pressure inside the remaining wax paper bottle would become too high, likely causing the bottle to burst in a small explosion, spraying any remaining liquid C₂O into the air.

      t = 1 millisecond to t = 1 second:

      • As the explosion occurs, the now airborne liquid C₂O particles would decompose instantly, reacting with the available oxygen in the air and producing more CO and CO₂. The additional heat generated would cause a fireball to erupt, consuming any remaining wax from the bottle and intensifying the flames.
      • Carbon soot (from the solid carbon produced in the decomposition) would mix with the smoke from the burning wax, forming a thick, black cloud.
      • The surrounding air would become superheated, and the fireball would quickly dissipate as the remaining C₂O fully decomposes and reacts with oxygen.

      (t = 1 second and beyond):

      • The result is a scorched area where the wax paper bottle used to be, surrounded by the remnants of burnt wax, carbon dioxide (CO₂), and solid carbon (soot).
      • The carbon monoxide initially produced would be mostly oxidized into carbon dioxide due to the presence of oxygen, though some trace CO might still linger.
      • Soot and charred remains of the wax bottle would coat the immediate area, while the air would be filled with the smell of burnt wax and carbon.
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      • Hupf@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        what-if.xkcd.com/6/

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  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That sounds as bad an idea as the other drink, H2O4U

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    • Zink@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bro I tried some and I was looking absolutely radiant afterwards.

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      • sundray@lemmus.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I love hot beverages!

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    • Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And don’t even think about drinking their flavored H2SO4.

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    • Bertz@lemmynsfw.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is soluble in water…

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  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know it’s a meme but it’s pretty good.

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    • AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, I buy a case of these every so often. The label is goofy and probably made by someone who didn’t realize what they were implying chemically, but the ingredients are 100% coconut water. No added sugar. Only a tiny amount of pulp. Really delicious.

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      • Wolf314159@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve also tried a bunch of other coconut water brands and this is one of the better ones, particularly because of the lack of added bullshit. It tastes like coconut water. That’s it. It can be a little offputting for people that expect coconut water to taste like “coconut flavoring” or coconut pulp.

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      • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You both should try other brands. I’ve personally been on a coconut water trend lately and this is the worst tasting brand I’ve had so far.

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    2 Coconut and one Orgasm.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I love me some Suspicious White Fluid to go with my Mystery Meat

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    • dumbass@leminal.space ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Man I thought I’d never have to remember the coconut story from reddit.

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hm, I needed a new stage name, thx

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  • crashoverride@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For that record, coconut water is disgusting

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    • 01011@monero.town ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Coconut water is awesome, when it comes straight from the coconut. The crap they sell in cartons is depressing and disgusting.

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      • kofe@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The carton stuff literally tasted like sweat the one time I tried

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    • assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Spoken like someone who has never had fresh coconut water straight from a fresh coconut.

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    • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s also one of the few ways to get enough potassium, an essential nutrient for life (that, or eat a shitload of avocado-based dishes every single day). Learn to love it if you want to live a long life. There are also coconut-based drinks like Body Armor that don’t taste like coconut, but nothing beats the original source when it comes to getting the most potassium per dollar. So it’s best to get used to it and get over it like I did. Eventually you’ll enjoy the taste.

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      • DelightfullyDivisive@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Use a little salt substitute on your food. It’s potassium salt instead of sodium, and contains a lot more of it than those completely worthless pills.

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  • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Co² water would be cool though

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Isn’t that just LaCroix?

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  • synapse1278@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you drink it, you will make that face :C=C=O

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    • MataVatnik@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or would it be an epoxy ring

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  • pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ELI5 please.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They wanted to imply the C is for coconut and this is coconut water but really all they did to people that passed middle school (which you’ll get to soon enough) is say “this is dicarbon monoxide.”

      I don’t know what would happen if you were to drink C2O but it probably wouldn’t be good, making this a drink marketed to idiots by idiots (marketing majors)

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      • YeetPics@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So that’s great that Csubscript2O means dicarbon monoxide, what are the biologic implications of drinking dicarbon monoxide (for those of us who are only 10 and a half and haven’t passed middle school yet)?

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    • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They have replaced the H in the chemical formula for water (H2O) to represent “coconut”. However, C already stands for a chemical element, carbon. That implies this product is a molecule made of two carbon atoms and one oxygen. If such a thing exists, it would be incredibly unstable and react with anything it touches; you certainly would not want to drink it.

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  • propter_hog@hexbear.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dicarbonmonoxide juice sounds gross

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  • HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is C2O at all useful, or should we just remove it in the next update?

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  • dumples@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Its not even carbonated. I bought it thinking that carbonated coconut water would be awesome. It is not but tastes pretty good.

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