20
submitted 2 weeks ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

xkcd #3200: Chemical Formula

Title text:

Some of the atoms in the molecule are very weakly bound.

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

Source: https://xkcd.com/3200/

explainxkcd for #3200

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

There are exotic atoms in that chemical formula that aren't in the periodic table. Not even if you count the equivalent table of potential antimatter atoms.

Muonium is sure to exist in non-zero quantities at any one time, for example.

[-] Pyro@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's just impurities

[-] WR5@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Approximate chemical formula"

this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
20 points (100.0% liked)

xkcd

15267 readers
37 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS