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Two oxygens, one carbon, and the entire climate crisis in a chemical bond.
means A compound formed when an element bonds with exactly two oxygen atoms, as in carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide.
from Built from Greek 'di-' (two) plus 'oxide,' itself from 'oxys' meaning sharp or acid — the word the French chemists coined for oxygen because they believed (wrongly, as it turned out) that oxygen was the essential ingredient of all acids. So 'dioxide' literally spells out its own chemistry: two of that sharp-tasting element, bonded to something else.
- formula logic
- di means two oxygen atoms bonded to something
- carbon version
- you exhale it roughly 20000 times a day
- silicon version
- also called quartz, sand, and glass
- titanium version
- the white pigment in paint, sunscreen, and donuts