MOS Prize 30a

[LesD.]

Can any scientists out there tell me the difference between 'oxYacid' and 'oxOacid'?

[Lie-in King]

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I'd not heard of 'OxOacid'...

I'll stick with 'Oxy...' until your boffin turns up! :-)

[LesD.]

http://www.globalscience24.com/eng/d/oxoacid-o xyacid/oxoacid-oxyacid.htm

[bezzie]

hi lie in king its the first time ive known you stumped for an answer

[Lie-in King]

Lol @ bezzie! I can't know all the words...

Hope you're keeping well? :-)

LesD - I found similar, but am still waiting for a Professor Frink to qualify the answer...

[jezrogers]

Oxyacid has the correct prefix but both appear in scientific dictionaries with the same meaning. Straightforward dictionaries (eg Chambers) I've checked do not have oxoacid but do have oxyacid with precisely the definition set out in the clue.

[Lie-in King]

Hi jez - I agree, I'm sticking with 'Oxy..'

[LesD.]

Thanks all. I guess we go with OXY then

Signed....'Oxymoron'!

[patsyann48]

My book says automic number 8 is Oxygen!