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I'm an H⁺ denier, in that I refuse to consider loose protons to be real hydrogen, so I personally believe it stands for 'pretend'.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's what I was taught back in 6th Grade.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, my job is as an analytical chemist, dealing with pH readings every single day, and I've always thought this was correct.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Are We Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Same for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The funny thing is that I intellectually knew that there were plenty of non-English speaking scientists, but that knowledge was never considered.