Otter@lemmy.ca to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 22 days agoxkcd: Chemical Formulaimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: xkcd@lemmy.world
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minus-squareOtter@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·22 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_formula In chemistry, the empirical formula of a chemical compound is the simplest whole number ratio of atoms present in a compound In this comic, the “compound” is the entire observable universe. So it’s the simplest whole number ratio of every atom in the observable universe A more in depth explanation for this comic (and all other xkcd comics) is here: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3200:_Chemical_Formula
minus-squarethedaylights@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoAdd to this, the subscripts are raised to exponents. I have never seen that before in a chemical formula, so it took me a while to figure out what those numbers were.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_formula
In this comic, the “compound” is the entire observable universe. So it’s the simplest whole number ratio of every atom in the observable universe
A more in depth explanation for this comic (and all other xkcd comics) is here: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3200:_Chemical_Formula
Add to this, the subscripts are raised to exponents. I have never seen that before in a chemical formula, so it took me a while to figure out what those numbers were.