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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

wouldn't it be uranium dihydrogen ~~per~~ tetraoxide?

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

I believe that would be H2O2?

H2O4 would be Tetraoxidane if I’m not mistaken, but neither of those takes into account the U (Uranium) at the end there.

Of course, I don’t know much about how things would go beyond production, they may reach with each other and ultimately settle into something else.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you're right, so the original post has not just one but two mistakes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no, chemicals often have multiple correct names

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Uranium-peroxide

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

okay but then why is it called "dioxideperoxide"? why is "oxide" twice in there? and why those prefixes?