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amateurCoder5 on Aug 5, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reduction of sulfur emissions from ships may be ca...

Lol. No, water is a base - hydrogen hydroxide!

blackoil on Aug 5, 2023 [–]

Ain't water neutral by definition?

dghughes on Aug 6, 2023 | [–]

Yes water is a neutral compound (pH 7) , an electrically neutral molecule. I was just putting one of its chemical names as a bad joke.

I believe amateurCoder5 was as well retorting with another name for water as an alkaline compound.

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