about water

[de_simmonz]

what is the systematic name of water?

and what is the name of water when it is viewed as an acid?

do you know the answers to this????

[j2buttonsw]

Are you sure about "systematic" as the correct term? Since the formula for water is H2O, I guess you could call it "dihydrogen oxide" these agree with me http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=15679&lastnode_id=494695 Water is actually an aqueous equilibrium of the "proton" acid H+ and the "hydroxide" base OH- as 2H20 <equilibrium sign> H3O+ + OH- so how about "trihydrogen oxide" as the acid?

[Sequin]

Have a look at www.dhmo.org

[jake-the-peg]

That's brilliant!

I don't know about systematic but I've noticed a mysterious ingredient "Aqua" which has been creeping into a lot of the contents of things recently!

Exactly *How* stupid do the marketroids think people are?

[Gef]

H3O+ or the hydronium ion (formerly the hydroxonium ion) is the conjugate acid of water.