I finally understand methane lifetimes

Re:I finally understand methane lifetimes by twic on Friday April 29, 2022 @11:13AM (#31206189)

FWIW, and this is a rather minor and pedantic point, these are hydroxyl radicals, not hydroxide ions, so it's:

H2O + γ -> OH• + H•

Rather than:

H2O + γ -> OH- + H+

Oh, and whichever way, H2O splits into OH and H, not OH and O, but i assume that was a typo!

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Re:I finally understand methane lifetimes by robocat on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:57PM (#31209942)

> OH•

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxyl_radical “Notation: The unpaired electron of the hydroxyl radical is officially represented by a middle dot, •, beside the O.”

Note that article uses a superscripted dot <sup>•</sup>OH, and the dot is usually prefixed in the article (presumably so as to put the dot next to the O that doesn’t have a full shell?).

However the article sometimes suffixes the dot, to put it beside the R organic radical. Weird.

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