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Re:Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation field by giantg2 on Sunday June 29, 2025 @02:28PM (#44415219)
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Re:Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation field by rpnx on Sunday June 29, 2025 @02:37PM (#44415296)
That isn't how chemistry works.
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Re:Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation field by wizzwizz4 on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:04PM (#44415457)
Isosaccharinic acid has the same chemical formula (C6H12O6) as glucose, which isn't acidic. However, they both have the same net charge.
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Re:Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation field by xvedejas on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:12PM (#44415516)
When something is an acid, it dissociates into both a positive ion H+ and negative ion (rest of the molecule)

HA ⇌ H+ + A-

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